BIOLOGY
NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Question
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Nucleotides are held together by ____ bonds.
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metallic bonds
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James Bond
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ionic bonds
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covalent bonds
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A special type of covalent bond called a phosphodiester bond forms between nucleotides. These phosphodiester bonds form the two strands that make up the DNA molecule.
Detailed explanation-2: -C-O-P-O-C. Phosphodiester bonds are the covalent bonds that hold nucleotides together in a single strand of DNA.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each molecule of DNA is a double helix formed from two complementary strands of nucleotides held together by hydrogen bonds between G-C and A-T base pairs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Each base pair is formed from two complementary nucleotides (purine with pyrimidine) bound together by hydrogen bonds.
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