Who proposed that the genetic code must be made of three nucleotides?
AGeorge Gamow
BMarshall Nirenberg
CSevero Ochoa
DFrancois Jacob
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. George Gamow
The physicist Gamow argued that 20 amino acids needed a triplet code.
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