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STD 12 - 5. molecular basis of inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYSTD 12 - 5. molecular basis of inheritance1 Mark
MCQ
What is meant by degenerate code
  • A
    One amino acid is coded by one code
  • ✓
    One amino acid can be coded by more than one code
  • C
    One code controls one code
  • D
    One code can control more than one amino acid
✓

Answer

Correct option: B.
One amino acid can be coded by more than one code
b
(b)As the number of codons is $64$ and number of amino acids to be coded is $21$, so more than one codons are available for a single amino acid.

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