sugar present in DNA is called deoxyribose sugar why
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A combination of a base and a sugar is called a nucleoside. Ribose, found in RNA, is a "normal" sugar, with one oxygen atom attached to each carbon atom. Deoxyribose, found in DNA, is a modified sugar, lacking one oxygen atom (hence the name "deoxy").
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