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How many amino acids will result from the following strand of DNA?

ACGCCCAA ATAC
A. 12 amino acids
B. 3 amino acids
C. 4 amino acids

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Answer: b I think

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B, because the relationship between an mRNA codon and its corresponding amino acid is called the genetic code. The three-nucleotide code means that there is a total of 64 possible combinations (4 3, with four different nucleotides possible at each of the three different positions within the codon)

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