Five statements describing various properties of DNA are given.Which statement can be used to explain how DNA is able to serve as an informational molecule?
A) A DNA molecule is double-stranded, with the two strands held together by hydrogen bonds.
B) DNA is a polymer of nucleotides bonded together through phosphodiester bonds.
C) DNA molecules vary in the sequences of bases present in the nucleotides making up their linear chains.
D) DNA molecules consist of two complementary polynucleotide chains that run in opposite directions.
E) DNA strands contain the pentose sugar deoxyribose and four different nitrogenous bases, including two purines and two pyrimidines.
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