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How many codons would be possible in a triplet code if only three bases (A, $C$, and U) were used?
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Since there are three possible bases (A, C, and U) and each position in the codon can be any of these three bases, we can calculate the total number of possible codons by multiplying the number of possibilities for each position: Show more…
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