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A codon consists of 3 bases and there are 4 different kinds of bases in a nucleic acid altogether. How many codons will be there?

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64

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86

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22

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60

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The correct option is A 64
A codon consists of 3 bases and there are 4 different kinds of bases in a nucleic acid altogether. There will be atotal of $4^{3}$ = 64 codons.

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