If a DNA molecule was a ladder, the rungs of the ladder would be formed by the ____________ and

the rails of the ladder would be formed by the ______________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


ANS: bases or base pairs; sugars and phosphates

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a. True b. False

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During cell division, the sorting process that ensures transmission of a full set of chromosomes to each daughter cell is called?

What will be an ideal response?

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