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One chemical theme across life

One chemical theme across life

Schematic showing four monomers joining by condensation to form a polymer with three water molecules released, and hydrolysis using three water molecules to split the polymer back into monomers

Living organisms look very different, but they are built from a small set of similar biological molecules. Many of these larger molecules are assembled from smaller repeating units.

Monomers and polymers Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Biology
  3. /Monomers and polymers