When Scientists Were Attempting to Determine the Structure of the Genetic

question 7

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

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