Nucleic acids are polymers of units called
A) amino acids.
B) fatty acids.
C) bases.
D) ribose.
E) nucleotides.

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Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of a sugar (either deoxyribose or ribose), a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. These nitrogenous bases can be adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine in DNA, or adenine, guanine, cytosine, or uracil in RNA.

Nucleic Acids Are Polymers of Units Called