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If there are three nucleotides coding for each amino acid and there are 20 amino acids, are there just 20 specific codons? if not how many are there?
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If there are three nucleotides coding for each amino acid and there are 20 amino acids, are there just 20 specific codons? if not how many are there?
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If there are three nucleotides coding for each amino acid and there are 20 amino acids, are there just 20 specific codons? if not how many are there?
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15 amino acids hope this helps
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