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If there are 333 bases in an RNA that codes for a protein with 111 amino acids, and the base at position 301 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 332 bases, how many codons will be altered?

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1
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11
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33
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333
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Solution

The correct option is B 11
If deletion occurs at 301st position the remaining 32 bases specifying for 11 codons of amino acids will be altered.

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