Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance3 Marks
Question
Explain why it was suggested that codon is a sequence of three consecutive nucleotides on $ \text{m-RNA.}$
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Answer
If each codon has only one nucleotide, then there will be $4^1 = 4$ codons, which can encode for only four different types of amino acids.
If each codon has two nucleotides, then there will be $4^2= 16$ codons, which can encode for only $16$ different types of amino acids.
If each codon has three nucleotides, then there will be $4^3 = 64$ codons, which are sufficient to specify $20$ different types of amino acids.
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