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How are the terms nucleotide, nitrogenous base, and nucleic acid related to each other?

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A nucleic acid is made of nucleotides, and nitrogenous bases are a part of a nucleotide.


DNA is a nucleic acid. The nucleotides in DNA are made up of a sugar (deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and one nitrogenous base (which will be either adenine, guanine, cytosine, or thymine).


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