double helix
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Double-stranded_DNA_sequence.svg/220px-Double-stranded_DNA_sequence.svg.png)
Noun
[edit]double helix (plural double helixes or double helices)
- (metonymically) DNA.
- 2007 January, “WHAT I'VE LEARNED: James Watson”, in Esquire[1], volume 147, number 1, archived from the original on 2007-01-25:
- If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday.
Further reading
[edit]nucleic acid double helix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia