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Solutions For An Introduction to Genetic Analysis Chapter 9 Problem 20P

Solution 1

If a polyribonucleic acid consists of equal amounts of randomly positioned adenine and uracil bases, then

a) The phenylalanine codons are UUU and UUC. Out of these two codons, only UUU can exist and the proportion of its triplets is 1/8.

b) The total probability for isoleucine that contains codons like AUU, AUC, and AUA is 1/4. From these codons AUC cannot exist.

c) The codons for leucine are UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, and CUG of which only UUA can exist and its total proportion is 1/8.

d) Tyrosine probability is 1/8 as it contains the codons UAU and UAC, out of these only UAU exist.

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