What are the basic "building blocks" of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)?

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Hawke

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on: May 23, 2013

What are the basic "building blocks" of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)?
A) 100,000 different kinds of proteins
B) 26 different kinds of chromosomes
C) 20 different kinds of amino acids
D) 4 different kinds of nucleotides
E) 3 different kinds of genomes

Celeste

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Reply #1 on: May 24, 2019

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