In mRNA codons: UUU = phenylalanine, GUU = valine, UAU = tyrosine, UGU = cystine, GGU = glycine. If the third amino acid in a protein were valine, the codon sequence for that amino acid would be 

A. UAU.
B. GGU.
C. UUU.
D. GUU.


D. GUU.

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