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Question

Chemistry Question on Biomolecules

DNA is a polymer of

A

nucleosides

B

nucleotides

C

purine and pyrimidine bases

D

All of the above

Answer

nucleotides

Explanation

Solution

DNA is polymer of nucleotide. A nucleotide is a unit of three components as follows: Phosphate+deoxyribosesugar+basenucleotide\underbrace{ Phosphate + deoxyribose \, sugar +base }_{nucleotide} Such nucleotide units are joined in long chain by covalent and hydrogen bonds to form DNA.