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12. How many nucleotides are needed for a polypeptide that is 10 amino acids long?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3 nucleotides = 1 codon = 1 amino acid. 10(3)=30 nucleotides. You have to add 3 more nucleotides because there is a stop codon and the answer is 33 nucleotides

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