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What do we call the three consecutive nucleotides that specify amino acids

A) Rosetta Stone
B) Codons
C) Proteins
D) Histones

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Answer:

three nucleotides—called a triplet or codon—codes for one particular amino acid in the protein. The nucleotide sequence in the DNA is first transcribed into a molecule of messenger RNA (ribonucleic acid).

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