what is the order of the subunits in a strand of dna is called
Found This Helpful. Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is the molecule that contains the genetic information in the cells of an organism. The subunits of a strand of DNA are called nucleotides.he genetic information is not used directly from the DNA. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is used, and transcription is the process by which this code is copied from DNA into RNA (ribonucleic acid). Once it has been copied, then the genetic code can be read and expressed. The process is called translation.