NEET Biology question

The minimum length of a cistron in base pairs which synthesizes a polypeptide of 50 amino acids is:

Answer: (C)

Solution

Each amino acid is coded for by a codon of three nucleotides, so 50 amino acids require at least 50 × 3 = 150 base pairs of coding

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