Original Project
Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity
DNA molecules provide the cells with instructions for assembling protein molecules from amino acids.
Item RH044001: Three nucleotides are needed to code for one amino acid, not one, four, or twenty.
How many nucleotides are needed to code for one amino acid?
- One
- Three
- Four
- Twenty
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1619 |
6–8 n = 926 |
9–12 n = 693 |
Male n = 815 |
Female n = 781 |
English n = 1439 |
Other n = 130 |
|
| A. | 18% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 15% | 17% | 20% |
| B. | 34% | 33% | 35% | 33% | 35% | 34% | 38% |
| C. | 34% | 32% | 35% | 30% | 38% | 34% | 27% |
| D. | 15% | 18% | 10% | 17% | 12% | 15% | 15% |