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Sugar and base together form

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Nucleoside
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Nucleotide
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C
Purine only
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Pyrimidine only
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Solution

The correct option is A Nucleoside
Nucleic acids are long chain polymers of nucleotides. The nucleotides are phosphoric acid esters of nucleosides. The nucleosides are compounds made up of pentose sugars (ribose or deoxyribose sugar) and nitrogenous bases (purines or pyrimidines).

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