14.4 suppose you start with the dna strand accgtcact what three amino acids does the complementary mrna strand code for

Only two amino acids are coded for by the mRNA strand and they are tryptophan and glycine.

Explanation: The complementary mRNA strand is UGGCAGUGA. UGG codes for tryptophan, CAG codes for glycine while UGA does not code for any amino acid hence, it's a stop codon. The first two codons code for amino acid while the last codon is the termination codon which signals the end of translation.

Therefore only two amino acids are coded for by the mRNA strand.

allowed for the prediction of the properties of missing elements.