Imagine that a novel life-form is found deep within Earth's crust. Evaluation of its DNA yields no surprises. However, it is found that a codon for this life-form is just two bases in length. How many different amino acids could this organism be composed of?
A) 4
B) 8
C) 16
D) 32
E) 64

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A codon with two bases can have 4 options for each base (A, T, C, G), resulting in 4 x 4 = 16 possible combinations, allowing for 16 different amino acids.

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