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  • Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides? A)  Franklin Stahl B)  George Gamow C)  Francis Crick D) Jacque Monod

Q.107)  Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides?

A)  Franklin Stahl

B)  George Gamow

C)  Francis Crick

D) Jacque Monod

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Q.107)  George Gamow was the first to suggest that the genetic code should be composed of a combination of three nucleotides (triplet codons) to code for one amino acid. This idea was based on the requirement to code for 20 amino acids using four nucleotide bases.
Hence, the correct answer is Option (2).

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