NEET Biology question

There are 64 codons in the genetic dictionary as

(A)There are 3 non-sense codons and 61 sense codons
(B)There are 64 different types of tRNA
(C)There are 64 amino acids to be coded
(D)Genetic code has a triplet natureCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Since each codon is a triplet of 4 possible bases, the total number of possible codon combinations is 4³ = 64; this follows directly from the triplet nature of the genetic code, so option (d) explains

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