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The triplet code can produce 64 possible codon combinations. What is an advantage of this? A. Every single codon specifies more than one amino acid. B. Every single amino acid has more than one codon. C. The first two bases of the codon specify the amino acid.

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B

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User Kieren Dixon
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since there are 4 nitrogen bases available and in a triplet codon, 3 bases are named, there should be 64 possible combinations. Some amino acids are coded by more than one codon. In this case, the answer to this problem is B.Every single amino acid has more than one codon. 
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