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yan [13]
3 years ago
9

Which substance is a nucleic acid ?

Biology
2 answers:
andrew-mc [135]3 years ago
7 0

Your answer is RNA.

Nucleic acid can be defined as the biopolymers  which is known to be the most essential for all the life forms on the earth.

Nucleotides that are present in the nucleic acid are the monomers that is made up of 5 carbon sugar, nitogenous base, phosphate group.

If the sugar is ribose sugar then it is known as Ribonucleic acid. They are found in all the living components as the genetic material that transfers the information from parents to their children.

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DIA [1.3K]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

RNA

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