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29-08-2016
Biology

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There are 64 codons and 20 amino acids. Which of the following is not true?

AAll amino acids are linked to a codon.

BEach amino acid is specified by only one codon.

I think it`s B

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Minal02 Minal02

30-08-2016

There are 4 nitrogenous base that group together in a triplet to form a codon.
4 raised to power 3 is 64.
There 64 combinations.
1 is start codon that codes for methionine . 3 are stop codons.
So an amino acid can be coded by more than one codon.
Its B.

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