Nuclear DNA

DNA contained in the cell nucleus on one of the 46 human chromosomes; distinct from DNA in the mitochondria.

Genetic material from the nucleus of a cell from any part of a bird's body other than its reproductive cells (eggs or sperm).

Nuclear DNA, nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid (nDNA), is DNA contained within a nucleus of eukaryotic organisms. In most cases it encodes more of the genome than the mitochondrial DNA and is passed sexually rather than matrilineally. Nuclear DNA is the most common DNA used in forensic examinations.

See also

• Chromatin

v • d • e Types of nucleic acids Constituents Nucleobases · Nucleosides · Nucleotides · Deoxynucleotides Ribonucleic acids (coding and non-coding) translation: mRNA (pre-mRNA/hnRNA) · tRNA · rRNA · tmRNA regulatory: miRNA · siRNA · piRNA · aRNA RNA processing: snRNA · snoRNA other/ungrouped: gRNA · shRNA · stRNA · ta-siRNA Deoxyribonucleic acids cDNA · cpDNA · gDNA · msDNA · mtDNA Nucleic acid analogues GNA · LNA · PNA · TNA · morpholino Cloning vectors phagemid · plasmid · lambda phage · cosmid · P1 phage · fosmid · BAC · YAC · HAC Major families of biochemicals Saccharides/Carbohydrates/Glycosides · Amino acids/Peptides/Proteins/Glycoproteins · Lipids/Terpenes/Steroids/Carotenoids · Alkaloids/Nucleobases/Nucleic acids · Cofactors/Phenylpropanoids/Polyketides/Tetrapyrroles

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