Maximum number of amino acids that can be specified by a codon consisting of a sequence of two base?

Question

What is the maximum number of amino acids that can be specified by a codon consisting of a sequence of two bases?

a) 4

b) 8

c) 16

d) 20

Answer 1

If amino acid codon consists of two bases; maximum number of amino acids that can be represented by such a codon would be 4^ 2 = 16 (since there are 4 bases in mRNA)

so, the answer is C. 16

Answer 2

C)16.  ( =4^2).

The actual genetic code uses 3 bases = 4^3 giving 64 codons.

Answer 3

C - 16