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A spiral staircase like the one shown can be a model of the structure of a DNA molecule.In this model, what do the steps on the staircase represent?A.A series of amino acidsB.A series of phosphate partsC.Pairs of sugar partsD.Pairs of nitrogen bases

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A spiral staircase like the one shown can be a model of the structure of a DNA molecule.In this model, what do the steps on the staircase represent?A.A series of amino acidsB.A series of phosphate partsC.Pairs of sugar partsD.Pairs of nitrogen bases

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The steps on the staircase in this model represent D. Pairs of nitrogen bases. In the DNA molecule, the nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine) pair up to form the "steps" or "rungs" of the DNA "ladder".

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