Which Statement Below Best Explains Why There Are 64 Possible

Multiple Choice

Which statement below best explains why there are 64 possible codons?

A) There are only four nucleotides and with a triplet code, the total number of possibilities would be 4³.
B) There are 21 amino acids and each amino acid had three codons.
C) There are only four nucleotides and with a triplet code, the total number of possibilities would be 3⁴.
D) There are only four nucleotides, yet in the double-stranded form, there are eight, thus there are 8² possibilities.