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What is DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic material that contains hereditary information, controls cell function, and is passed from one generation to the next. It contains genes, which are regions of DNA that code for proteins.
What are the building blocks of DNA?
Nucleotides.
What are the components of a DNA nucleotide?
Phosphate, Deoxyribose sugar (a 5-carbon sugar), and a Nitrogenous base (Adenine (A), Cytosine (C), Guanine (G), or Thymine (T)).
How are individual nucleotides joined in a DNA strand?
By phosphodiester bonds.