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The initial idea of triplet nature of codon was proposed by:
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George Gamow
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Sutton Walton
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Har Gobind Khorana
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Severo Ochoa
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George Gamow
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George Gamow, a physicist, argued that since there are only 4 bases and if they have to code for 20 amino acids, the code should constitute a combination of bases. He suggested that in order to code for all the 20 amino acids, the code should be made up of three nucleotides. 

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