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Introduction: DNA stands for “Deoxyribonucleic acid”. It is a nucleic acid found in most of the eukaryotes. A nucleic acid is a polymer present in the organisms. It is made up of various subunits of nucleotide. A nucleotide that forms DNA is composed of three units. These units are “deoxyribose sugar (a pentose sugar), nitrogenous bases and a phosphate group.”

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