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What are the monomers of nucleic acids called, and what are the names of the 5 monomers

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All nucleic acids are made up of the same building blocks (monomers). Chemists call the monomers "nucleotides." The five pieces are uracil, cytosine, thymine, adenine, and guanine. Hope this helps
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