Which of the following is a unit of nucleic acid?

Phosphoric acid

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Nitrogenous bases

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Pentose Sugar

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Nucleotides

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Solution

The correct option is D Nucleotides
Nucleic acids are polymers of nucleotides. Nucleotides are joined with the help of phosphodiester bonds to form single strand of nucleic acids. The nucleotides are phosphoric acid esters of nucleosides.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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