The largest number of amino acids that could be produced by this sequence would be 6.
This is because there are 3 nucleotides per codon (sequence of nucleotides that codes for an amino acid) and each codon codes for one amino acid. Therefore, the number of amino acids produced is equal to the number of codons.
Since there are 19 nucleotides, there would be a total of 6 codons (3 nucleotides per codon), which would produce 6 amino acids.
Therefore, the correct answer is (Choice A) 6.
An insertion mutation occurs, leaving 19 nucleotides in a DNA sequence.
What is the largest number of amino acids that could be produced by this sequence?
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Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A) 6
A
6
(Choice B) 19
B
19
(Choice C) 7
C
7
(Choice D) 5
D
5
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