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Read the sequence of the nucleotides in the given segment of mRNA and the respective amino acid sequence in the polypeptide chain.

Polypeptide: met-phe-met-pro-val-ser
Provide the triplet of bases (codon) for (i) valine (ii) proline.

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(i) GU, (ii) CCU,
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