The Sequences UUUUUUUUU ¼,AAAAAAAAA¼,and CCCCCCCCC¼,were the First to Be Analyzed

question 34

Multiple Choice

The sequences UUUUUUUUU ¼,AAAAAAAAA¼,and CCCCCCCCC¼,were the first to be analyzed to crack the genetic code because

• A)they were the simplest to synthesize.
• B)they would encode all types of amino acids.
• C)they would encode only one type of nucleotide.
• D)they would encode only one type of amino aciD.

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