If There Were Only Three Kinds of Nucleotides, How Many

question 230

Multiple Choice

If there were only three kinds of nucleotides, how many different types of codons would a genetic code have? (Assume that the codons are three nucleotides long.)

• A) 9
• B) 16
• C) 27
• D) 32
• E) 64

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