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Alanine GCU, GCC, GCA, GCG
Arginine AGA, AGG, CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG
Asparagine AAU, AAC
Aspartic acid GAU, GAC
Cysteine AGU, UGC
Glutamic Acid GAA, GAG
Glutamine CAA, CAG
Glycine GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG
(*In DNA replication, explained later, Uracil (U) replaces Thymine (T) )

Histadine CAU, CAC
Isoleucine AUU, AUC, AUA
Leucine UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, CUG
Methionine AUG (Initiation)
Phenylalanine UUU, UUC
Proline CCU, CCC, CCA, CCG
Serine UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG, AGU, AGC
Threonine ACU, ACC, ACA, ACG
Tryptophan UGG
Tyrosine UAU, UAC
Valine GUU, GUC, GUA, GUG
Stop UAA, UAG, UGA

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If you unraveled all your chromosomes from all of your cells and laid out the DNA end to end, the strands would stretch from the Earth to the Moon about 6,000 times.


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