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- Name the scientist who suggested that the genetic code should be made of a combination of three nucleotides.
- Explain the basis on which he arrived at this conclusion.
Name the scientist who suggested that the genetic code should be made of a combination of three nucleotides. Explain the basis on which he arrived at this conclusion.
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Solution
- George Gamow suggested that the genetic code should be made up of a combination of three nucleotides.
- He proposed that if 20 amino acids are to be coded by 4 bases, then the code should be made up of three nucleotides. 43 = 64 (42 = 16), which is less than 20. So, the codon was proposed to be a triplet.
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