Imagine That a Novel Life-Form Is Found Deep Within Earth's

question 182

Multiple Choice

Imagine that a novel life-form is found deep within Earth's crust.Although its DNA is composed of the same four nucleotides as other life-forms, its codons are four bases in length.This organism could therefore be composed of _______ different amino acids.

• A) 4
• B) 16
• C) 64
• D) 128
• E) 256

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