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The monomeric unit, composed of a nitro...

The monomeric unit, composed of a nitrogenous base, a sugar and a phosphate, that is present in nuleic acids is called a

A

nucleotide

B

nucleoside

C

phosphotide

D

phosphoside

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A
Nucleic acids are long chain polymers of nucleotides and thus called polynucleotides.
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