Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 ScienceBIOLOGYBiomolecules1 Mark
MCQ
Purines and pyrimidines polymerise to form:
A
Nucleoside
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Nucleic acid
C
Ribonucleotides
D
All of the above
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Answer
Correct option: B.
Nucleic acid
Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides.
They are formed by joining together of long chains of nucleotides.
$\text{RNA} ($ribonucleic acid$)$ is a polymer of ribonucleotides and is made up of ribonucleotides joined together by phosphodiester bonds.
$\text{DNA} ($deoxyribonucleic acid$)$ is a polymer of deoxyribonucleotides and is made up of deoxyribonucleotides joined together by phosphodiester bonds.
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