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What sugar is found in a nucleotide of ribonucleic acid?

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Ribose

Step-by-step explanation:

Ribose, also called D-ribose, five-carbon sugar found in RNA (ribonucleic acid), where it alternates with phosphate groups to form the “backbone” of the RNA polymer and binds to nitrogenous bases.

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