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What are DNA base pairs held together with?

A.
a carbon bond and a sugar phosphate

B.
a hydrogen bond and a sugar phosphate

C.
only a carbon bond

D.
only a hydrogen bond

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
D. DNA base pairs are held together by hydrogen bonds (A–T pairs have 2 H‑bonds; G–C pairs have 3). The sugar–phosphate backbone is held together by covalent (phosphodiester) bonds.