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What is the polarity of DNA?

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What is the polarity of DNA?

I know the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA is polar because of the - charge on the phosphate group. Does that make DNA as a whole polar?

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Yes.

Because the backbone is polar, it is hydrophillic which means that it likes to be immersed in water.

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