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Full name of DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Basic unit/monomer of DNA

Nucleotide

Three components of a nucleotide

Phosphate ion, 2-deoxyribose, nitrogenous base

Type of sugar in DNA nucleotides

2-deoxyribose (pentose sugar)

Purine bases in DNA

Adenine (A) and Guanine (G)

Pyrimidine bases in DNA

Cytosine (C) and Thymine (T)

Bonds linking nucleotides in DNA

Phosphodiester bonds

Reaction type forming DNA polymer

Condensation polymerisation/reaction

Bonds between DNA strands

Hydrogen bonds (between bases)

Complementary base pairing rules

A pairs with T; G pairs with C

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