How many mRNA nucleotides form a codon

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Denisse Rocha

Biology

27 November, 13:28

How many mRNA nucleotides form a codon

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Francesca Park · Answer 1

Francesca Park 27 November, 13:37

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Three nucleotides make a codon

Marsh · Answer 2

The nucleotide triplet that encodes an amino acid is called a codon. Each group of three nucleotides encodes one amino acid. Since there are 64 combinations of 4 nucleotides taken three at a time and only 20 amino acids, the code is degenerate (more than one codon per amino acid, in most cases).