GENETICS AND EVOLUTION
MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
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Question
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pentose sugar
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nitrogenous base
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phosphate group
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A nucleotide consists of a pentose sugar molecule, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -These chemical bonds act like rungs in a ladder and help hold the two strands of DNA together. There are four nucleotides, or bases, in DNA: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T).
Detailed explanation-4: -Each nucleotide, in turn, is made up of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate.
Detailed explanation-5: -Because there are four naturally occurring nitrogenous bases, there are four different types of DNA nucleotides: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C).