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GATE XL · 2021 · XL-S

Question 18: Microbial Genetics

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Question 18

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Suppose the mRNAs in a newly discovered bacteria are composed of only two distinct nucleotides (as opposed to four found in all known organisms). Considering that the organism has no nucleotide modification systems, the number of nucleotides required per codon to encode at least 20 distinct amino acids will be __________.

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GATE XL 2021 · Paper 1

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Section XL-S
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Numerical answer (NAT)
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