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NEET (UG) 2025 — Question 154

Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides ?

  1. Option A:

    George Gamow

    Correct
  2. Option B:

    Francis Crick

  3. Option C:

    Jacque Monod

  4. Option D:

    Franklin Stahl

Answer: A

Step-by-step solution

George Gamow was the first scientist to propose the triplet nature of genetic code. He suggested that three

nucleotides would be needed to code for 20 amino acids.

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Exam
NEET (UG) 2025
Paper
2025 paper
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Molecular basis of Inheritance
Topic
Genetic Code

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