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Which of the following could be a nucleotide of RNA?

deoxyribose + phosphate group + thymine
deoxyribose + phosphate group + uracil
ribose + phosphate group + thymine
ribose + phosphate group + uracil

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User Humty
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Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

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User Gene Bogdanovich
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Answer:ribose + phosphate group + uracil

Step-by-step explanation:

A nucleotide is made up of 5 carbon sugar,phosphate group and the nitrogenous organic bases.

RNA is Ribonucleic acid so its nucleotide contains Ribose a 5 carbon sugar,phosphate group and a Nitrogenous organic base. For RNA its organic bases includes Adenine,guanine,cytosine and Uracil which replaces thymine as in the case of DNA.

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User Rodrigo Vedovato
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