Which statement below best explains why there are 64 possible codons? A) There are only four nucleotides and with a triplet code, the total number of possibilities would be 4³. B) There are 21 amino acids and each amino acid had three codons. C) There are only four nucleotides and with a triplet code, the total number of possibilities would be 3⁴. D) There are only four nucleotides, yet in the double-stranded form, there are eight, thus there are 8² possibilities.

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There are four nucleotides (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine/uracil) and with a triplet code (three nucleotides per codon), the total number of possible combinations is 4^3, which equals 64.

Which Statement Below Best Explains Why There Are 64 Possible