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A new life from discovered on a distant has a genetic code consisting of five unique nucleotides and only one

stop codon.If each codon has four bases,what is themaximum number of unique amino acids this life fromcan use ?(A) 624 (B) 20 (C) 124 ANSWER THIS Q. WITH EXPLANATION

A)624
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It is given that their are 5 unique nucleotides out of them four are A,U,G,C and fifth we will consider x.
Each codon has four bases,
therefore
5*5*5*5=625 and

we have only one stop codon
therefore 625_1=624
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