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Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides?
Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides?
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Triplet code = Gamow.
Updated On: May 4, 2025
- Francis Crick
- Jacques Monod
- Franklin Stahl
- George Gamow
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George Gamow, a physicist, first proposed that a three-nucleotide code (triplet codon) would be necessary to code for the 20 amino acids.
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