D-Glucose and D-mannose are:

Metamers

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Functional isomers

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Epimers

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Enantiomers

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Solution

The correct option is C Epimers
Epimer in stereochemistry specifies one of a pair of stereoisomers. At stereogenic centre, two isomers present in the molecules differ, while the rest remains identical.

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