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The base- sugar-phosphate unit present i...

The base- sugar-phosphate unit present in the nucleic acid is called as

A

nucleoside

B

nucleotide

C

codon

D

gene

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B
The monomer of nucleic acld is called nucleotide which consists of the pentose sugar, a phosphate unit and a nitrogenous base (which may be either a purine or pyrimidine).
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