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A homopolymer has only one type of buildingblock called monomer repeated 'n'number of times. A heteropolymer has more than one type of monomer. Proteins are heteropolymers made of aminoacids. While a nucleic acid like DNA or RNA is made of only 4 types of nucleotide monomers, proteins are made of.

A

20 types of monomers

B

40 types of monomers

C

3 types of monomers

D

Only one type of monomer

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