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In a nucleic acid polymer, the hydrogen bonds that help to hold regions of double-strandedness together occur between what parts of the nucleotide monomers?.

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Between opposite nitrogenous base in the complementary strand
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Step-by-step explanation:

The hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interaction and stacking found in the DNA helps in providing stability to the structure of DNA. Hydrogen bonds are found between the opposite nitrogenous bases of two complementary strands. There are two hydrogen bonds between A and T and three between C and G.

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