LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Listen to pronunciation. (dee-OK-see-RY-boh-noo-KLAY-ik A-sid) The molecules inside cells that carry genetic information and pass it from one generation to the next. Also called DNA.

Detailed explanation-2: -DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nucleic acids, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), carry genetic information which is read in cells to make the RNA and proteins by which living things function.

Detailed explanation-4: -RNA is called nucleic acids because the phosphate group attached to it is acidic in nature. The phosphate group is negatively charged and it donates protons in solution which is an ability possessed by all acids. The phosphate groups are similar to phosphoric acid.