THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
THE SEARCH FOR INHERITABLE MATERIAL
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Question
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Which sugar is contained in DNA
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Dextrose
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Ribose
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Deoxyribose
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Glucose
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The pentose sugar present in DNA is ribose .
Detailed explanation-2: -Pentose sugar for DNA is deoxyribose.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each strand has a backbone made of alternating sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate groups. Attached to each sugar is one of four bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) or thymine (T).
Detailed explanation-4: -The sugar in DNA is called a deoxyribose because it doesn’t have a hydroxyl group at the 2’ position. Instead it just has a hydrogen.
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