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Consider the following facts about the salient features of structure of DNA.(a.Backbone constituted by sugar-phosphate,b.Anti-parallel polarity,c.chains coiled in right-handed fashion,d.Pitch of helix is 34 nm,e.Distance between a base pair in helix is `0.34` nm) Which of the above statements are correct?

A

a,b,c,e

B

a,b,d,e

C

a,b,d

D

b,c,d

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