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how many codons exist

Is the answer 64
16 years ago

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Sean
There are 64 possible codon permutations since there are three nucleotides of 4 four possible values (4^3 = 64).

That includes duplicates (codons that code for the same amino acid) and unused codons as well. There are fewer effective codon permutations.
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