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Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics · Quiz 1 · 15 Mar 2026 · January 2026 term

Question 8: Suppose you fly to an alien world and are surprised to fi…

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Suppose you fly to an alien world and are surprised to find that life there follows the same central dogma. The difference is that the alien life has 3 distinct nucleotides that make up DNA sequences and a whopping distinct amino acids that make up protein sequences. What is the minimum length of each codon in this alien species? Enter your answer as a single integer.

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Question 8 of 18 in the IIT Madras BS Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics (Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics) Quiz 1 paper sat on 15 Mar 2026, in the January 2026 term (Algorithmic Thinking In Bioinformatics 15 Mar 26). It carries 3 marks.

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