Nucleic acids are long chain polymers of nucleotides. The nucleotides, in turn, are phosphoric acid esters of nucleosides which mainly consists of a nitrogenous base, Sugar, and phosphate. The nitrogenous base includes purines and pyrimidines while the sugar contains ribose and deoxyribose sugar. phosphate is formed of phosphoric acid.
So, the correct answer is option D.
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