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5.Molecular Basis of Inheritance
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Which of the following is not a property of the genetic code?
A
Non-overlapping
B
Ambiguous
C
Degeneracy
D
Universal
(NEET-2013)
Solution
(b) : Genetic code is nonambiguous. Non ambiguous code means that there is no ambiguity about a particular code. One codon specifies only one amino acid and not any other. There are $64$ codons. Out of $64, 3$ are stop codons or nonsense codons, $i.e.$, these do not code for any amino acid and rest $61$ code for one of the $20$ amino acids. Neither of them code for more than one amino acids except $GUG$ which normally code for valine but in certain conditions it also codes for Nformyl methionine as initiation codon.
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