Coding Units Composed of Triplets of Adjacent Nucleotides are Known

Question

Coding units composed of triplets of adjacent nucleotides are known as:
A) Proteins
B) peptides
C) Codons
D) Tripods
E) None of these

Accepted Answer

Coding units composed of triplets of adjacent nucleotides are known as codons. Proteins and peptides are made up of amino acids, not nucleotides, and tripods are not related to genetics or biology.