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  • The backbone of sugar in RNA is
Multiple choice

The backbone of sugar in RNA is

  1. deoxyribose

  2. ribose

  3. maltose

  4. sucrose

  5. -

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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sugars that are found in nucleic acids are pentose sugars. A pentose sugar has five carbon atoms. In RNA, ribose is found.

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