Phosphate di-ester linkage connects _ and _ .

sugar, base

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sugar, sugar

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base, base

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phosphate, ester

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Solution

The correct option is B sugar, sugar
Phosphate di-ester linkage connect the 3rd carbon of one sugar molecule to the 5th carbon of the other sugar molecule. Basically, phosphate molecules are involved in this linkage and so, it is called phosphate diester linkage.

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