IB Biology Sub-topic A1.2 Definitions

This page contains our IB Biology definitions for sub-topic A1.2. By learning each one of these definitions, you will fully cover the content for IB Biology 'Nucleic acids'.
antiparallel

The property of DNA strands being next to each other but running in opposite directions

nucleotide

The most basic unit of a nucleic acid

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