What kind of binding connects one phosphoric acid across a DNA strand to another phosphoric acid on the complimentary DNA strand?
A)Hydrogen binding
B)Amino acid binding
C)Deoxyribose binding
D)None of the above; phosphoric acids do not link across the two DNA strands.

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Phosphoric acids in DNA are part of the sugar-phosphate backbone of each strand and do not link across to the complementary strand. The connection between the two strands is made through hydrogen bonds between the nitrogenous bases, not through any direct linkage of phosphoric acids.

What Kind of Binding Connects One Phosphoric Acid Across a DNA