DNA Has Four Units, 3D animation

A, C, G and T. adenine cytosine guanine and thymine. These are the four chemical building blocks of the DNA molecule. They are componants of nucleic acid, which gives DNA it's tongue-twisting full name: deoxyribonucleic acid.

A, C, G and T. adenine cytosine guanine and thymine. These are the four chemical building blocks of the DNA molecule. They are componants of nucleic acid, which gives DNA it's tongue-twisting full name: deoxyribonucleic acid.

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