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What are nucleic acids?

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Nucleic acids carry the genetic codes that determine whether an organism is a bacterium, a tree, a mouse, or a man, and whether a cell is a nerve cell or a muscle cell. So basically nucleic acids carry the genetic codes of LIFE!
Or very large organic molecules made up of carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
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