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What is the difference between a nucleic acid and a nucleotide?.

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Nucleic Acid is a complex organic substance present in living cells, especially DNA or RNA whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain.

Nucleotide is a compound consisting of a nucleoside linked to a phosphate group. They form the basic structural unit of nucleic acids such as DNA.

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