Further work by Crick and co-workers showed that the genetic code was based on non-overlapping triplets of bases, called codons, allowing Har Gobind Khorana, Robert W. Holley, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg to decipher the genetic code.
Yderligere arbejde af Crick og kollegaer viste, at den genetiske kode blev baseret på ikke-overlappende basetripletter, kaldet codoner, hvilket gjorde Har Gobind Khorana, Robert W. Holley og Marshall Warren Nirenberg i stand til at dechifrere den genetiske kode.