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Which of the following is not a constituent of deoxyribonucleotides?

a. phosphate moieties
b. deoxyribose
c. ribose
d. organic bases

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Final answer:

The correct answer is c. ribose.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is c. ribose. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is composed of nucleotides, which are made up of three components: a sugar molecule (deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base (adenine, cytosine, guanine, or thymine). Ribose is a sugar molecule found in RNA (ribonucleic acid), not DNA. Therefore, ribose is not a constituent of deoxyribonucleotides found in DNA.

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