Question 4

(Multiple Choice)

When scientists were attempting to determine the structure of the genetic code,Crick and coworkers found that when three base additions or three base deletions occurred in a single gene,the wild- type phenotype was sometimes restored.These data supported the hypothesis that_________ .


A)the code is triplet
B)the code contains internal punctuation
C)there are three amino acids per base
D)the code is overlapping
E)AUG is the initiating triplet

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