If instead of 20 amino acids there were 200 amino acids,then how many nucleotides would you predict to be in a codon?

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With 200 amino acids, a codon would need to encode more possibilities. A 3-nucleotide codon can encode 64 combinations (4^3), which is insufficient. A 4-nucleotide codon can encode 256 combinations (4^4), which is sufficient to cover 200 amino acids.

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