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Nirenberg and Matthaei Determined the Genetic Code Experimentally by Using

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Nirenberg and Matthaei determined the genetic code experimentally by using a cell-free translation system.Two components,however,were restricted in their system.One was the use of a single type of mRNA.What was the other component that was restricted? How did this restriction allow them to determine the genetic code?


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Respondent Behavior

A behavioral response to stimuli that is conditioned through certain environmental or physiological triggers, as detailed in classical conditioning.

Classically Conditioned

The process by which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with an innately meaningful stimulus and acquires the capacity to evoke a similar response.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others and the outcomes of those behaviors.

Conditioned Response

A learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that becomes conditioned after being associated with an unconditioned stimulus.

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