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BiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceGenetic CodeMedium2 minPYQ_2026
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Amino acids Leucine and Serine are coded by which of the following codons respectively?

Options:

Answer:
A
Solution:

Leucine is coded by six codons: UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, and CUG.

Serine is also coded by six codons: UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG, AGU, and AGC.

From the given options, CUC codes for Leucine and UCU codes for Serine.

Answer: CUC and UCU

Stream:MHT_CET_MEDICALSubject:BiologyTopic:Molecular Basis of InheritanceSubtopic:Genetic Code
⏱ 2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2026

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