Describe in detail the structure of DNA. Of what is a nucleotide composed? Which are thepurines and pyrimidines? What are the bonding rules? What kind of bond holds the two DNAstrands together?

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Describe in detail the structure of DNA. Of what is a nucleotide composed? Which are the
purines and pyrimidines? What are the bonding rules? What kind of bond holds the two DNA
strands together?

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The deoxyribonucleotide acid or DNA is the biomolecule that carries the genetic information coded in nucleotide and passes it from one generation to the other.

 

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