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Sever21 [200]
3 years ago
6

The genetic code consists of ____________ letter “words.”

Biology
1 answer:
san4es73 [151]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The genetic code consists of <u>three</u> letter “words.”

Explanation:

I'm assuming this was what you're looking for. These "words" are known as codons: for example, AUG stands for the methionine amino acid, so that triplet of nucleotide bases leads to the Met amino acid being added to the final protein.

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