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Mastering Biology Homework chapter 16
The DNA double helix is composed of two strands of DNA; each strand is a polymer of DNA nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of a sugar, a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases. The structure and orientation of the two strands are important to understanding DNA replication.

Drag the labels to their appropriate locations on the diagram below. Use only the pink labels for the pink targets, and the blue labels for the blue targets. Labels can be used once, more than once, or not at all
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Aki
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Welcome to the forum!

You haven't posted any diagram, but to make it easier to explain, here's a diagram of what a typical DNA should look like: http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/images/dna_0303_500.jpg

The backbone of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA for short, is composed of alternating phosphate and sugar residues. The sugar in DNA is 2-deoxyribose, which is a pentose (five-carbon) sugar. These are joined together by phosphate groups that form photodiester bonds, between the third and fifth carbon atoms of adjacent sugar rings. The DNA strands are antiparellel which means, the direction of nucleotides in one strand is opposite to their direction in the other, and they are called 5' (five prime), and 3' (three prime) ends, with the 5' end having a terminal phosphate group, and 3' end a terminal hydroxyl group. It is stabilized primarily by H-bonds, and base-stacking interactions among aromatic nucleobases.
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