A new bacteria has been discovered on a rock from outer spac…
A new bacteria has been discovered on a rock from outer space. This bacteria’s DNA contains three different nucleotides: A, B, and C. It is discovered that four nucleotides encode each amino acid in the bacteria’s proteins. And, the codons overlap by 2 nucleotides. Given this information, answer the following fill in the blank questions. Type a number in the blank. For example “1”. ABCA BCAB CABC ABCA….. a. How many different amino acids can be encoded? [1] b. If a single nucleotide is changed, how many amino acids in the encoded protein would likely be affected? [2] c. How many different reading frames are there? [3]
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