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- Which is not a nucleotide base in DNA? a. adenine c. glutamine e. cytosine b. guanine d. thymine f. All are in DNA.arrow_forwardThe backbone of DNA molecule is made of? a. nucleotides b. alternating phosphates and bases c. alternating bases and sugars d. alternating sugar and phosphate moleculesarrow_forwardThe structure of DNA is aarrow_forward
- DNA ________ Depends on Differences in Length of Simple-Sequence DNAs.arrow_forwardDNA nucleotides are joined together by blank bonds between the sugar and phosphate groups to make a single dna strand while the two strands of dna that make up the double helix are held to one another by blank bondsarrow_forwardDescribe the structure of a DNA molecule.arrow_forward
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- What is the smallest unit of DNA is called ________?arrow_forwardWhich statement is true of DNA's structure? All four bases in DNA can be found in equal quantities. The hydrogen bonding of cytosine to guanine is an example of complementary base pairing. In DNA, adenine always base pairs with guanine and cytosine always base pairs with thymine. Each of the four nucleotides in a DNA molecule has the same nitrogen-containing base.arrow_forwardIf four bases in one DNA strand are A (adenine), G (guanine), C (cytosine), and T (thymine), the complementary bases in the RNA strand made from this region are a.T,C,G,A. b.C,G,A,U. c.A,G,C,U. d.U,C,G,A.arrow_forward
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