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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance1 Mark
MCQ
In genetic coding, triplet codons make possible $64$ types of codons. If the genetic code was a doublet instead of a triplet codon, the number of types of codons possible would be:
  • A
    $64$ types of codons
  • B
    $4$ types of codons
  • C
    $24$ types of codonsa
  • ✓
    $16$ types of codons
✓

Answer

Correct option: D.
$16$ types of codons

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