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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Biomolecules

DNA consists of two polynucleotide chains, Each chain forms a right-handed spiral with how many bases in one turn of spiral?

  1. A 4
  2. B 6
  3. C 8
  4. D 10
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(D) 10

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Watson and Crick proposed that DNA molecule is in the form of a double helix with two polynucleotide chains coiled around one another in a spiral. This is known as B-DNA or biological DNA. It has 10 nucleotides pairs per turn of the double helix and is right handed with a…