What is a codon and how much nitrogen bases are in one of them?

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David Drayer
Oct 5, 2017

A codon is a set of nitrogen bases that code for a specific amino acid. ( Also stop, start, copy directions)

Explanation:

The codon is set of 3 pairs of nitrogen bases. Three bases actually code for an amino acid but the DNA requires that the three bases that are doing the coding are linked to their pair. A-T, T-A, G-C. C-G.

So it takes six nitrogen bases to code for one amino acid. So a codon codes for an amino acid and requires a total of six nitrogen bases.

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