Prior to the 1940s, many biologists thought that ____, being made up of 20 types of ____, was the best

candidate for genetic material.



a. protein; amino acids
b. DNA; amino acids
c. protein; nucleotides
d. DNA; nucleotides
e. RNA; nucleotides


A

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