CNA
- CNA is the fundamental genetic material of the Transformer species in some continuities.
Cyber/Nano Algorithms,[1] or CNA, are the genetic material that determines what Transformers are like. Tinkering with it can be dangerous and can have long-lasting, negative effects.CNA contains a Transformers' hard-coded design schematics,[2] which like genetic data appear to be stored in the spark itself.
References to it, however, are very scarce in fiction, and thus like the far more commonly-referenced sparks can only be said to definitively exist in continuities where it is actually mentioned. To date, the specific nomenclature "CNA" has only been used in two continuities.
Fiction
Generation 2 comic
The existence of Transformer genetic material is mentioned and seen when Perceptor and others are analyzing the Swarm. They note that its genetic material and cellular structure are identical to that of the Transformers species. Tales of Earth Part Six
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Out of malevolent curiosity, Jhiaxus altered the CNA of Arcee to introduce gender to the species. That's not going to come back to haunt him, no siree... Spotlight: Arcee
Animated cartoon
Starscream used the CNA of Perceptor as a template to make Magnificus as a part of Operation: Doppleganger. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II Later, Starscream created many clones of himself. A Fistful of EnergonA Bridge Too Close, Part I
