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The combination of phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen bases in DNA or RNA

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Answer: The combination of phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen bases in DNA or RNA is called a nucleotide.

Explanation: Nucleotides are building blocks of RNA and DNA. In RNA, nucleotide are made up of ribose sugar, a nitrogenous base which can be adenine, uracil, cytosine and guanine; and a phosphate group. The nucleotides in RNA are called ribonucleotides. The nucleotides in DNA are called deoxyribonucleotides and they contain a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base which can be adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.

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