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Explain how nucleotide subunits link to form a single DNA strand.

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A nucleotide if formed by three parts: a phosphate group, a pentose (deoxirribose) and the nitrogenous bases (A, T, G and C).

Nucleotides are linked by phosphodiester bond, while nitrogenous bases are linked by their complementary base (Adenine with Thymine and Guanine with Cytosine) by hydrogen bonds.

Explain how nucleotide subunits link to form a single DNA strand.-example-1
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