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#Question id: 762

Regarding the sugar residues in nucleic acids, which, if any, of the following statements is incorrect?

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

  1. The sugar is always based on a heterocyclic ring that consists of one oxygen atom and four carbon atoms, one of which is connected to a fifth carbon atom, the 5’ carbon atom.

  2. The internal sugar residues in a DNA strand normally have free hydroxyl groups, unlike those in an RNA strand.

  3. Bases are covalently linked to the carbon 1’ atoms of the sugars.

  4. Neighboring sugar residues are linked to each other by a phosphodiester bond that connects the 3’ carbon atom on one sugar to the 5’ carbon atom of its neighbour.

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#Question id: 27002

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Most individual die at later in their life showing which type of survivorship curve___
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#Question id: 15975

#Unit 12. Applied Biology

Embryo culture is applicable for___
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#Question id: 12545

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Nitrogen is available to plants only in the form of
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#Question id: 3473

#Unit 11. Evolution and Behavior

Effective and biparental caring of offspring is more common in
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#Question id: 9255

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms

Studying species transplants is a way that ecologists ________.