How many effective codons are there for ...

How many effective codons are there for the synthesis of twenty amino acids

A

64

B

32

C

60

D

61

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The correct Answer is:

D

To synthesis 20 amino acids 64 codons are available but out of 64 only 61 code for amino acid and rest 3 codon are stop codon.

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