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Q. Adjacent nucleotides are joined by a

AMUAMU 2015Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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When nucleotides are incorporated into DNA, adjacent nucleotides are linked by a phosphodiester bond formed between phosphate group of $5^\text{th}$ carbon of one nucleotide and $OH$ of $3^\text{rd}$ carbon of another nucleotide.