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34. Nucleic Acids

Intro to Nucleic Acids

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Multiple Choice

How many nucleotides are required to code for 10 amino acids in a protein sequence?

20 nucleotides

30 nucleotides

10 nucleotides

40 nucleotides

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Understand that each amino acid in a protein is coded by a sequence of three nucleotides, known as a codon.

Recognize that this relationship is due to the genetic code, where each codon corresponds to a specific amino acid.

Calculate the total number of nucleotides required by multiplying the number of amino acids by the number of nucleotides per codon.

For 10 amino acids, multiply 10 by 3 to determine the total number of nucleotides needed.

Conclude that 30 nucleotides are required to code for 10 amino acids, as each amino acid requires a codon of three nucleotides.

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