MCQ
A codon is made up of:
- ASingle nucleotide
- BTwo nucleotides
- CThree nucleotides
- DFour nucleotides
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Answer
- Three nucleotides
Explanation:
A sequence of three nucleotides in messenger RNA makes a codon for an amino acid. A codon is a sequence of three adjacent nucleotides constituting the genetic code that determines the insertion of a specific amino acid in a polypeptide chain during protein synthesis or the signal to stop protein synthesis. A codon is defined by the initial nucleotide from which translation starts.
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