When Scientists Were Attempting to Determine the Structure of the Genetic

question 11

Multiple Choice

When scientists were attempting to determine the structure of the genetic code,Crick and coworkers found that when three base additions or three base deletions occurred in a single gene,the wild-type phenotype was sometimes restored.These data supported the hypothesis that ________.

• A) the code is triplet
• B) the code contains internal punctuation
• C) AUG is the initiating triplet
• D) the code is overlapping
• E) there are three amino acids per base

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