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RNA and DNA are chiral molecules, their chirality is due to

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D – sugar component

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L – sugar component

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Chiral bases

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Chiral phosphate ester units

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Solution

The correct option is A
D – sugar component

Deoxyribose and ribose sugars are D -chiral sugars in DNA and RNA.

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