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What composes the backbone, or side pieces, of the DNA molecule?
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What composes the backbone, or side pieces, of the DNA molecule?

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The back bone of nucleic acids are made of sugars and phosphate groups

in DNA Deoxyribose is the sugar used but in RNA Ribose is the sugar used.

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