Question

how many amino acids would be made from the dna segment below?________

Explanation:

Step1: Count the number of base pairs

There are 12 base pairs in the DNA segment.

Step2: Calculate the number of codons

Since mRNA is transcribed from DNA, and the codon on mRNA is made up of 3 - base pairs. First, DNA is transcribed into mRNA. The base - pairing rules are A - U and T - A, G - C, C - G. But for the number of amino acids, we know that the number of codons in mRNA (which is complementary to DNA) is related to the number of base pairs in DNA. The number of codons \(n=\frac{\text{number of base pairs in DNA}}{3}\) (because each codon is 3 bases in mRNA, and mRNA is complementary to DNA). Here, \(n = \frac{12}{3}=4\)

Answer:

4