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Nuclear DNA, nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid (nDNA), is DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 contained within a nucleus
Cell nucleus

In cell biology, the nucleus , also sometimes referred to as the "control center", is a membrane-enclosed organelle found in all eukaryote cell ....
 of eukaryotic organisms
Eukaryote

Animals, plants, fungus, and protists are eukaryotes , organisms whose Cell are organized into complex structures enclosed within Cell membrane....
. In most cases it encodes more of the genome
Genome

In classical genetics, the genome of a diploid organism including eukarya refers to a full set of chromosomes or genes in a gamete; thereby, a regular somatic cell contains two full sets of genomes....
 than the mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA is the DNA located in organelles called mitochondrion. Most other DNA present in eukaryotic organisms is found in the cell nucleus....
 and is passed sexually rather than matrilineally. Nuclear DNA is the most common DNA used in forensic examinations.








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Nuclear DNA, nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid (nDNA), is DNA
DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetics instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and some viruses....
 contained within a nucleus
Cell nucleus

In cell biology, the nucleus , also sometimes referred to as the "control center", is a membrane-enclosed organelle found in all eukaryote cell ....
 of eukaryotic organisms
Eukaryote

Animals, plants, fungus, and protists are eukaryotes , organisms whose Cell are organized into complex structures enclosed within Cell membrane....
. In most cases it encodes more of the genome
Genome

In classical genetics, the genome of a diploid organism including eukarya refers to a full set of chromosomes or genes in a gamete; thereby, a regular somatic cell contains two full sets of genomes....
 than the mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA is the DNA located in organelles called mitochondrion. Most other DNA present in eukaryotic organisms is found in the cell nucleus....
 and is passed sexually rather than matrilineally. Nuclear DNA is the most common DNA used in forensic examinations.

See also

  • Chromatin
    Chromatin

    Chromatin is the complex combination of DNA, RNA, and protein that makes up chromosomes. It is found inside the cell nucleus of Eukaryote cell , and within the nucleoid in prokaryotic cells....