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The coding ratio in all known organisms is three, i.e., three nucleotides specify one amino acid.If DNA were to exclusively consist of only A-T base pairs, what would the minimum coding ratio be assuming that there are only 20 amino acids to be encoded?

A

Two

B

Three

C

Four

D

Five

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