Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. They consist of three components: a nitrogenous base (either a purine or pyrimidine), a pentose sugar (ribose in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA), and a phosphate group. There are two types of purine bases - adenine and guanine, and three types of pyrimidine bases - cytosine, thymine, and uracil. Nucleotides bond together to form polynucleotides like DNA and RNA, which carry the genetic code of living organisms. DNA is double-stranded and found in the nucleus, while RNA is single-stranded and can be found both inside