( ( Nucleic acids ) ( ( are ( polymers ( consisting ( of ( ( nucleotides ( that ( are ( linked ( by ( phosphodiester bonds ) ) ) ) ) ) ( -LRB- ( polynucleotides -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Nucleic) (NNS acids)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (NNS polymers)) (VP (VBG consisting) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS nucleotides)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN linked) (PP (IN by) (NP (NN phosphodiester) (NNS bonds))))))) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NNS polynucleotides)) (-RRB- -RRB-))))))) (. .)))
Nucleic acids are polymers consisting of nucleotides that are linked by phosphodiester bonds (polynucleotides).
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Individual) (NNS nucleotides)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN linked) (ADVP (RB together)) (PP (IN through) (NP (PRP$ their) (JJ phosphate) (NNS groups))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB form) (NP (JJ nucleic) (NN acid) (NNS polymers)))))))) (. .)))