Q. Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides?
A) George Gamow
B) Francis Crick
C) Jacque Monod
D) Franklin Stahl
Explanation
[Solution by Claude - not from source] George Gamow proposed the triplet nature of the genetic code (a doublet code could code for only 16 amino acids). Answer (1), as in the answer key.
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