What are the monomers of the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA)?

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Meave60
Feb 12, 2016

Nucleotides are the monomers of the nucleic acid polymers deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).

Explanation:

Each nucleotide is composed of a 5-carbon sugar, either ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA; a phosphate group; and one of four nitrogen bases.

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The image below illustrates how the DNA and RNA nucleotide monomers form the DNA and RNA polymers which are called deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid.
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