MCQ
Purines and pyrimidines polymerise to form:
  • A
    Nucleoside
  • B
    Nucleic acid
  • C
    Ribonucleotides
  • D
    All of the above

Answer

  1. Nucleic acid

Explanation:

Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides.

They are formed by joining together of long chains of nucleotides.

RNA (ribonucleic acid) is a polymer of ribonucleotides and is made up of ribonucleotides joined together by phosphodiester bonds.

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a polymer of deoxyribonucleotides and is made up of deoxyribonucleotides joined together by phosphodiester bonds.

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