Who argued that the code should consist of a combination of three nucleotides to code for 20 amino acids?

Who argued that the code should consist of a combination of three nucleotides to code for 20 amino acids?
  1. Biochemist
  2. Geneticist
  3. Organic chemist
  4. Physicist

Solution

George Gamow, a physicist, suggested that the code should consist of a combination of three nucleotides to code for 20 amino acids.

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