Nucleotide is composed of

Sugar

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Phosphoric acid

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Nitrogenous base

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All the above

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Solution

The correct option is D All the above
Nucleotides are the basic unit of nucleic acids. Nucleotides are composed of nucleosides and phosphoric acid. It consists of a nitrogenous base (Guanine, adenine, thymine, uracil, cytosine) and pentose sugars. Thus, the correct answer is D.

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DNA nucleotide is composed of ..............

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a. Nucleoside	$1$ . Deeply stained body containing rRNA
b. Nucleotide	$2$ . Portion of a DNA or RNA composed of one deoxyribose(in DNA) or ribose(in RNA) plus a purine or a pyramidine
c. Nucleolus	$3$ . Short disk-shaped cylinders composed of nucleoproteins and spaced at roughly $100$ A intervals on chromosomes
d. Nucleosome	$4$ . Portion of DNA or RNA composed of a purine or pyramidine base, a deoxyribose (in DNA) or a ribose (in RNA) and phosphoric acid

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