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What Forms the "Backbone" of a Nucleic Acid

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What forms the "backbone" of a nucleic acid?


A) a chain of sugar and phosphate groups,linked through phosphodiester bonds
B) purine and pyrimidine pairs,hydrogen-bonded to each other
C) a chain of amino and carboxyl groups,linked via peptide bonds
D) a double helix of antiparallel strands

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