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                                                Nucleotide - illustration
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                                                One of the structural components, or building blocks, of DNA and RNA. A nucleotide consists of a base (one of four chemicals: adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine) plus a molecule of sugar and one of phosphoric acid. 
 
Courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute (genome.gov).
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