The chemical combination of ribose and one of the five nitrogen bases results in formation of a
A)nucleotide.
B)nucleoside.
C)DNA molecule.
D)chromosome.
E)gene.

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A nucleoside is formed by the combination of a sugar (ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA) and one of the five nitrogenous bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, or uracil in RNA). A nucleotide, on the other hand, is a nucleoside with one or more phosphate groups attached.

The Chemical Combination of Ribose and One of the Five