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DNA as a chemical polymer

Schematic of one DNA nucleotide and a short single DNA strand showing phosphate group, 2-deoxyribose sugar, base, covalent bonds, and the sugar-phosphate backbone DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid, and in Chemistry you should treat it as a polymer made from many nucleotide monomers. At A level, the focus is the chemical structure and bonding of DNA.

DNA (A-level only) Lesson