The Drosophila homeotic genes typically contain the homeobox. The homeobox is a sequence of 180 nucleotides. The number of amino acids coded for by this sequence is  

A.  30.
B.  60.
C.  90.
D.  120
E.  180.


B.  60.

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a. the rest of the body.

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