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How many nucleotide base pairs are required to code for one amino acid?

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The nucleotide triplet that encodes an amino acid is called a codon. Each group of three nucleotides<span> encodes one amino acid. Since there are </span>64<span> combinations of 4 nucleotides taken three at a time and only 20 amino acids, the code is degenerate (more than one codon per amino acid, in most cases).</span>

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