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What does a nucleotide consist of?

a polymer of nitrogenous bases
nitrogenous bases and sugar
sugar and phosphates
a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate

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a nitrogenous base, a sugar and a phosphate

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a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and a phosphate. A nucleotide is the basic subunit of both DNA bad RNA. It contains a base with nitrogen, a 5-carbon sugar and a phosphate group.
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