THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA REPLICATION
Question
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Deoxyribose
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Phosphate group
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Nitrogenous base
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Cholesterol
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Detailed explanation-1: -A molecule consisting of a nitrogen-containing base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA; adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate group, and a sugar (deoxyribose in DNA; ribose in RNA).
Detailed explanation-2: -DNA nucleotides do not contain ribose sugar. Hence, ribose, thymine, and a phosphate group cannot represent a DNA nucleotide.
Detailed explanation-3: -A nucleotide consists of a sugar molecule (either ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA) attached to a phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing base. The bases used in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T).
Detailed explanation-4: -The four bases in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T). These bases form specific pairs (A with T, and G with C).