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What DNA components do all the nucleotides of the
organisms have in common?

What DNA components do all the nucleotides of the organisms have in common?-example-1
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All nucleotides have a common structure: a phosphate group linked by a phosphoester bond to a pentose (a five-carbon sugar molecule) that in turn is linked to an organic base (Figure 4-1a). In RNA, the pentose is ribose; in DNA, it is deoxyribose (Figure 4-1b).

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Answer:

All nucleotides have a common structure its a phosphate group linked by a phosphoester bond to a pentose

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