34. Genetic Code and RNA

01/12/2020 47 min

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Episode Synopsis

We briefly reviewed the Beadle and Tatum results indicating that genes encode polypeptides, then moved on to discuss how the order of amino acids in a polypeptide chain is specified by the sequence of bases making up RNA. This sequence is “read” 3 bases at a time, which is called a codon, which specifies a … Continue reading "34. Genetic Code and RNA"