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Question

Nucleotides are joined together by between $5'$ and $3'$ carbon atoms of pentose sugar

A

glycosidic linkage

B

peptide linkage

C

ether linkage

D

phosphodiester linkage

Answer

phosphodiester linkage

Explanation

Solution

Nucleotides are joined together by phosphodiester linkage between $5'$ and $3'$ carbon atoms of the pentose sugar.