NEET 2002 · Class 12

Molecular Basis of Inheritance

84. Out of 64 codons, 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acid. It is called

  1. (A)degeneracy of genetic code
  2. (B)overlapping of gene
  3. (C)wobbling of codon
  4. (D)universality of codons

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Some amino acids are coded by more than one codon, hence the code is **degenerate**.

Chapter
Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Section
5.6 GENETIC CODE
Page
17
Words matched
15 of 15

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'Some amino acids are coded by more than one codon, hence the code is degenerate,' which directly matches the definition of degeneracy of genetic code and distinguishes it from the other options.

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