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Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics · Quiz 1 · 13 Jul 2025 · May 2025 term

Question 8: Suppose this planet cannot block out harmful radiation fr…

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You fly to an alien world and are surprised to find life that follows the same central dogma principle. The difference is that the alien life has 5 different nucleotides. Answer the given subquestions with respect to the same.

Suppose this planet cannot block out harmful radiation from space, making this alien life prone to acquiring a very high number of DNA mutations. Then, what is your best guess for the minimum length of each codon?

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Correct answer: 5

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Question 8 of 15 in the IIT Madras BS Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics (Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics) Quiz 1 paper sat on 13 Jul 2025, in the May 2025 term (IIT M DEGREE AN EXAM QDB2 13 July 2025). It carries 3 marks.

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