CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -DNA consists of two strands that wind around each other like a twisted ladder. Each strand has a backbone made of alternating sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate groups.

Detailed explanation-2: -DNA contains deoxyribose as the sugar component and RNA contains the sugar ribose.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term “deoxy” refers to the fact that there is no oxygen attached to the 2’ carbon atom. There is a molecule that is similar to DNA but has an oxygen atom at this position. Its sugar is therefore called ribose and its name is ribonucleic acid or RNA. The base group is attached to the 1’ carbon.

Detailed explanation-5: -Deoxyribose is the five-carbon sugar molecule that assists in the formation of the phosphate backbone of DNA molecules. DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid is a polymer composed of many nucleic acids.