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For question, two statements are given-one labelled Assertion and the other labelled Reason. Select the correct answer to these questions from the codes (a), (b), (c) and (d) as given below.
  1. Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
  2. Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
  3. Assertion is true, but reason is false.
  4. Both assertion and reason are false
Assertion: The genetic code is degenerate.
Reason : for a particular amino acid more than one codons can be used.

Answer

  1. Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Explanation:

For a particular amino acid, more than one codons can be used. This phenomenon is described by saying that the code is degenerate. A non - degenerate code would be one where there is one to one relationship between amino acids and the codons, so that 44 codons out of 64, will be useless or nonsense codons. However, there are no nonsense codons. The codons which were earlier called nonsense codons are also known to mean stop signals.

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