I carry codes invisible yet vital, scripting the blueprint for every living form. What am I?
Category: Science · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about the molecule that stores hereditary information.
Answer
Deoxyribonucleic acid molecules
Explanation
DNA contains genetic instructions coded in sequences of bases that dictate biological traits.
This is a expert science riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is Deoxyribonucleic acid molecules.
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