_____ Bonds Link the Sugar and Phosphate Groups in the Backbones

question 30

Multiple Choice

_____ bonds link the sugar and phosphate groups in the backbones of DNA molecules.

• A) Covalent phosphodiester
• B) Hydrogen
• C) Weak
• D) Ionic
• E) Weak covalent

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