BIOLOGY
NUCLEIC ACIDS
Question
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amino acids
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nucleotides
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fatty acids
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The monomers of DNA are called nucleotides. Nucleotides have three components: a base, a sugar (deoxyribose) and a phosphate residue. The four bases are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). The sugar and phosphate create a backbone down either side of the double helix.
Detailed explanation-2: -DNA monomers are called nucleotides.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hydrogen Bonds Once the nucleotides form nucleic acids, DNA and RNA formation occurs. DNA is double-stranded whereas RNA is single stranded. The two strands of the DNA are held together by weak hydrogen bonds that form between the nitrogen bases. The hydrogen bonds between the nitrogen bases are very specific.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nucleotide A nucleotide is the basic building block of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA).
Detailed explanation-5: -The phosphodiester bond binds the nucleotides together so that the polymeric structure of the nucleic acids can be produced in nature.