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The basic unit of nucleic acid is

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A.pentose sugar
B.nucleoid
C.nucleoside
D.nucleothed

Solution

Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are linear mixed polymers of nucleotides, so also called polynucleotides. Mucleic acids were first discovered by Miescher (1868-69) as nuclein and named nucleic acid by Altmann (1889). They are formed of C, H, O, N and P comprising nitrogenous heterocyclic bases viz. purines or pyrimidines, pentose sugar and phosphoric acid.

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