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How many possible codons are there?

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The answer to this question is 64 CODONS.

Codons are the "words" consisting of the "letter" bases, which are a, u, g, and c.

EXAMPLE:

AUG (Methionine)

and CAG (Glutamine)

AUG and CAG are just two of the 64 possible codons.

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Since there are four bases (A,C,G,T), there are 64 possible codons (4^3)

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In DNA and RNA, there are four nucleotides, with three nucleotides making up each codon, so the maximum number of codons is 43, or 64.

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The answer is: 4^3=64

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64 codons

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