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Nucleic acids are a type of biological macromolecule, or carbon-based molecule, found in all living organisms. Their job is to store and transmit genetic information. Nucleic acids are crucial for the inheritance of traits from one generation to the next. Though there are different types of nucleic acids, they are all made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

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Nucleic acids are found in about half of all living organisms.

There is more than one type of nucleic acid.

Nucleic acids contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

Nucleic acids store and transmit genetic information.

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