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DNA consists of two chainlike molecules called biopolymers. What are the structural units that are stacked together in the dna molecule called?

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nucleotide

Step-by-step explanation:

Nucleotide is the building block of both DNA and RNA composed of a phosphate group, a 5-carbon sugar, and a nitrogenous base. The four nitrogenous bases in DNA are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine while the RNA contains of uracil, instead of thymine, cytosine, guanine and adenine.

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