A nucleotide is made up of:

a base and sugar

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a base and phosphate unit

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a sugar and phosphate unit

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a sugar, a base and a phosphate unit

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Solution

The correct option is D a sugar, a base and a phosphate unit
Sugar + Base + a phosphate unit constitute one nucleotide.
This is the definition of a nucleotide.

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