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Transcribed Image Text:**Which part of a nucleotide is involved in the bonding that holds DNA double helix together?**
Select one:
○ a. The nitrogenous base of a nucleotide being repelled by the surrounding water
○ b. The nitrogenous base of a nucleotide hydrogen bonds with the nitrogenous base of another nucleotide on the complementary strand.
○ c. The nitrogenous base of a nucleotide hydrogen bonds with the nitrogenous base of another nucleotide on the same strand
○ d. Interactions amongst deoxyribose sugars with phosphates on the same strand
○ e. Interactions amongst adjacent phosphate backbones
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