alleryWhich physicist argued that the genetic code must use three nucleotides?
AHar Gobind Khorana
BGeorge Gamow
CSevero Ochoa
DMarshall Nirenberg
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. George Gamow
George Gamow reasoned that 4 bases taken three at a time give 64 combinations, enough for 20 amino acids.
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