What was the challenge in decoding the genetic code?

What was the challenge in decoding the genetic code?
  1. Determining the structure of DNA
  2. Finding the complementarity between nucleotides and amino acids
  3. Deciding the number of nucleotides required to code for amino acids
  4. Deciphering the combination of nucleotides to code for all 20 amino acids

Solution

Deciphering the combination of nucleotides to code for all 20 amino acids was the biggest challenge in decoding the genetic code.

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