Question

What are nucleic acids?

Answer 1

Nucleic acids are biomolecules found in the nuclei of all living cells as one of the constituents of chromosomes. There are mainly two types of nucleic acids − deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Nucleic acids are also known as polynucleotides, as they are long-chain polymers of nucleotides.