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Q:
A) James Watson, Francis Crick, and Rosalind Franklin | B) Friedrich Miescher |
C) Phoebus Levene | D) Gerardus Johannes Mulder and Jöns Jacob Berxelius |
Answer: C) Phoebus Levene
Explanation:
Explanation:
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid polymer composed of monomers called nucleotides. Nucleotides are composed of three components: (1) a pentose sugar; (2) a nitrogenous base; and (3) one to three phosphate groups.
Phoebus Levene, a Russian biochemist was the first to discover the nucleotide and the first to correctly identify the way nucleic acid molecules, DNA.