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Damm [24]
3 years ago
12

What type of bonds holds together the sugar phosphate backbone

Biology
2 answers:
Lilit [14]3 years ago
7 0
The bond formed between the sugar of one nucleotide and the phosphate of an adjacent nucleotide is a covalent bond. A covalent bond is the sharing of electrons between atoms. A covalent bond is stronger than a hydrogen bond (hydrogen bonds hold pairs of nucleotides together on opposite strands in DNA).
erastovalidia [21]3 years ago
4 0
It's known as a phospho-diester bond
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