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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.

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What are the building blocks of DNA?

Nucleotides.

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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)).

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How are individual nucleotides joined in a DNA strand?

By phosphodiester bonds.

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