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The 5 carbon sugars which are found in all nucleotides are
shown above.
Two types of 5 carbon sugar may be found in a nucleotide.
The first, known as Deoxyribose, is found only in molecules
of DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic
Acid).
The second, known as Ribose, is found only in molecules of
RNA (RiboNucleic Acid)
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