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What kind of bond holds the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA together?
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What kind of bond holds the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA together?

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Answer: Covalent bonds or phosphodiester bonds.

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Bases are held together by hydrogen bonds, and the DNA backbone is held together by phosphodiester bonds.

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