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Biology 9th grade need help asap please

The sides or backbone of DNA is made up of what two molecules? (green in the diagram below)

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-Sugar-Nitrogen Base
-Sugar-Phosphate
-Phosphate-Nitrogen Base
-All sugar molecules

Biology 9th grade need help asap please The sides or backbone of DNA is made up of-example-1
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Answer: A sugar-phosphate backbone (alternating grey-dark grey) joins together nucleotides in a DNA sequence. The sugar-phosphate backbone forms the structural framework of nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA. This backbone is composed of alternating sugar and phosphate groups, and defines directionality of the molecule.

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