Asked by john

The diagram shows a nucleic acid in the shape of a double helix.
A D N A strand in the shape of a double-helix is shown.

Which sugar is present in the nucleic acid that is represented in the diagram?
phosphate
uracil
deoxyribose
ribose

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
deoxyribose

Reason: the diagram is DNA (double helix), and the sugar in DNA is deoxyribose (not ribose, and DNA uses thymine rather than uracil).