If there are 4 nucleotides instead of 3 in codon, how many amino acids may be formed
Codons consisting of two nucleotides each could provide for only 16 (42) specific codons, whereas codons of three nucleotides could provide 64 (43) specific codons. Similarly codons with 4 nucleotides could provide 256(44) specific codons
4
16
21
256
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