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OpenStudy (anonymous):

A gene has 150 codons. work out the length of its transcript in base pairs

OpenStudy (shrutipande9):

1 codon is 3 base pairs...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

codon is the combination of 3 nucleotides... eg ATG ATC ATA ATT etc

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@shrutipande9 u mean that the codon is 450 bp long?

OpenStudy (shrutipande9):

450 base pairs is correct....but the codon is not 450 bp....1 codon is always 3 bp...the transcript given to u is 40 bp..:D

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Shruti, why 40 T_T ???

OpenStudy (shrutipande9):

woops typo..sorry..:P its 450..

OpenStudy (anonymous):

U dont know how much i got scared shruti. I got that for a test and seeing 40 scared me. Ahhhhh how relieved i am! thanks dearie.

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