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5.Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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Codons of glycine are

A

$CCU , CCC , CCA , CCG$

B

$CGU , CGC , CGA , CGG$

C

$GGU , GGC , GGA, GGG$

D

$ACU , ACC , ACA, ACG$

(AIIMS-2018)

Solution

The codons of glycine are $G G U, G G C, G G A, G G G.$ A genetic code is the smallest unit to code one amino acid. This genetic code is defined as nucleotide sequence of nitrogenous bases, which specifies the amino acid sequence in a polypeptide molecule.

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Biology

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