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Lesson: Chapter 1 — The Chemical Basis of Life

1.4. Nucleic acids 4 of 10

Question 4

What does DNA stand for?

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Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid. Its building unit is the deoxyribonucleotide.

RNA is Ribo Nucleic Acid, built from ribonucleotides. One letter of difference in the name, one difference in the sugar — and that is what separates the two kinds of nucleic acid found in living things.

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