A sequence of how many nucleotides in messenger RNA makes a codon...

A sequence of how many nucleotides in messenger RNA makes a codon for an amino acid?

Options

AThree
BFour
COne
DTwo

Correct answer

A. Three

Step-by-step solution

The sequence of bases in mRNA are read in a serial order in groups of three at a time. Each triplet of nucleotides (having a specific sequence of bases) in known as codon. Each codon specifies one amino acid. Further since, there are four bases. therefore,

4^{3}=64

triplets or codons are possible.

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