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the hydrophilic nature of dna is due to the presence of : a. deoxyribose sugur b. a number of hydrogen bonds, c. phosphate group, d. thymine gase

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The answer will be C, i.e, phosphate group.
The phosphate group on DNA are charged having -1 charge. Charged molecules attracts water and are hydrophilllic.


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