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Why are nucleobases in nucleic acids called "bases"?   1. Because they resemble baseball bases   2. They are fundamental to "hodling up" the DNA structure (like the base of a building holds up the rest of the building)   3. They are the "command center" of the cell. Like the "base" of operations for armed forces in a war.   4. They are hydrogen ion acceptors, like other chemical bases

Why are nucleobases in nucleic acids called "bases"?   1. Because they resemble baseball bases   2. They are fundamental to "hodling up" the DNA structure (like the base of a building holds up the rest of the building)   3. They are the "command center" of the cell. Like the "base" of operations for armed forces in a war.   4. They are hydrogen ion acceptors, like other chemical bases

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  1. Why are nucleobases in nucleic acids called "bases"?

      1.

    Because they resemble baseball bases
      2.

    They are fundamental to "hodling up" the DNA structure (like the base of a building holds up the rest of the building)
      3.

    They are the "command center" of the cell. Like the "base" of operations for armed forces in a war.
      4.

    They are hydrogen ion acceptors, like other chemical bases
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Nucleobases : Purine(A,G), pyrimidine(T,C)

Purines hydrogen bonds with pyrimidines

A double bond T

G triple bond C

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