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Edexcel IGCSE Biology 3.16B Codons & amino acids

Practise using DNA base-pairing and triplet codes to link base sequences with amino acids, including double-helix strand questions.

Syllabus
First assessment 2019
Course
Biology 4BI1

Exam points

  • complete complementary DNA strands using A-T and C-G base-pairing from a diagram
  • calculate how triplets of four DNA bases can code for at least 20 amino acids

3.16B DNA structure question 1

[Maximum number: 1]

The sequence of bases on one strand of a section of DNA is

TAC CGT AAT TAT

Which of these is the complementary sequence of DNA on the other strand of the double helix?

A

ATG GCA TTA ATA

B

AUG GCA UUA AUA

C

CGT TAC GGC CGC

D

CGU UAC GGC CGC

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