The building blocks of nucleic acids are ____.
A)amino acids
B)fatty acids
C)monosaccharides
D)nucleotides
E)lipids

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The building blocks or subunits of nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are nucleotides, which consist of a nitrogenous base (adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine, or uracil), a sugar molecule (deoxyribose or ribose), and a phosphate group. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, fatty acids are the building blocks of lipids, and monosaccharides are the building blocks of carbohydrates.

The Building Blocks of Nucleic Acids Are ____