You Are Excited Because Your Lab Is Studying the First

question 63

Short Answer

You are excited because your lab is studying the first microorganisms retrieved from Mars! Interestingly,their genetic material consists of a single-stranded nucleic acid with six different nitrogenous bases.Like organisms from Earth,segments of the nucleic acid contain the code for making proteins.If the genetic code in these organisms was read in groups of 2 bases instead of 3,what is the maximum number of amino acids that could be coded for assuming that only one codon functioned as a stop codon? (Enter your answer as a numeral not a word,e.g.enter 17 not seventeen.)

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Definitions:

Chi-Square Test

A statistical method used to assess the differences between categorical variables in a contingency table.

Distribution

Describes the way values of a variable or data points are spread or dispersed across a range.

Degree Of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information, often in statistical analysis.

Chi-Square Test

A statistical test used to determine if there is a significant association between two categorical variables.