How Can DNA, Which Is Made Up of Only Four

question 124

Multiple Choice

How can DNA, which is made up of only four different bases, encode the information necessary to specify the workings of an entire organism?

• A) DNA molecules are extremely long.
• B) DNA molecules form codons of three bases that code for amino acids.
• C) The genetic code is redundant but not ambiguous.
• D) DNA can be replicated with low error rates.
• E) All of the above

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