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ZoologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceGenetic CodeEasy2 minPYQ_2020
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Out of 64 codons, 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acid. This characteristics of genetic code is called
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There are 64 codons to specify 20 amino acid. Since number of codon is more than number of amino acid to be specified, one amino acid can be coded by more than one codon, this nature is called as degeneracy of genetic code.
Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Molecular Basis of InheritanceSubtopic:Genetic Code
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