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Nucleic Acids

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DNA is similar to RNA because they both are _________.

A

Polymers of nucleotides

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B

Similar sugars

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C

Similar pyrimidine bases

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D

Ability to replicate.

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Solution

The correct option is A Polymers of nucleotides
DNA & RNA are similar to each other as both are polymers of nucleotides. DNA is a polymer of deoxynucleotides and RNA is a polymer of ribonucleotides.

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1000

nucleotides, out of which

240

of them are adenine containing nucleotides. How many pyrimidine bases this DNA segment possesses?

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