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Nucleic Acids

These polymers appear to carry the pattern of living matter from one generation to the next. Their basic chain consists of sugars joined by phosphates. Attached to the sugars, in turn, are bases

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 197 Issue 3This article was originally published with the title “Nucleic Acids” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 197 No. 3 (), p. 188
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0957-188