You Travel to Another Planet and Discover That Its Genetic

question 37

Multiple Choice

You travel to another planet and discover that its genetic system is based on DNA,but it has 6 bases instead of 4 as happens on Earth.The proteins on the planet have 30 amino acids.What would be the likely number of letters in each codon on this planet?

• A)1
• B)2
• C)3
• D)4
• E)6

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