what is DNA? describe the double helical structure of eukaryotic dna
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Deoxyribonucleic acid
is a molecule composed of two chains that coil around each other to form a double helix carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses. DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are nucleic acids; alongside proteins, lipids and complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides), nucleic acids are one of the four major types of macromolecules that are essential for all known forms of life.
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Answer:DNA stands has sugar-phosphate chain outside .purine and pyrimidine bases on inner side of helix.
Explanation DNA molecules consists of two anti parallel chains of polynucleotides forming a double helical structure.
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