a representation of information in coded form; spec. (a) (Biology) (Schrödinger's term for) a sequence of stored or transcribed genetic information…

Biology. A means by which information and instructions determining the nature, development, and functions of living organisms is stored within…

The total genetic information in the plastids of a cell.

Biology. The storage of information for protein synthesis in a sequence of nucleotides by means of the genetic code (cf. code, n. 6). Cf. code, v. 5.

the accepted version of the genetic code in which amino-acids are specified by three successive nucleotides in a nucleic acid molecule.