The genetic code is degenerate because: one particular amino acid can only be en

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The genetic code is degenerate because: one particular amino acid can only be encoded by one codon. not all possible codons are used to code for amino acids. one particular amino acid can be encoded by more than one codon. one particular codon can code for more than one amino acid. The genetic code is degenerate because: one particular amino acid can only be encoded by one codon. not all possible codons are used to code for amino acids. one particular amino acid can be encoded by more than one codon. one particular codon can code for more than one amino acid.

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The genetic code is degenerate because: one particular amino acid can be encoded by more than one codon. Out of 64 triplet codons, 3 are termination codons. Of remaining 61 codons, out of 20 amino acids, methionine and tryptophan are coded by single codons, rest 18 amino acids are encoded by more than one codon. This property of genetic code is called as degenerate. Option 3 is correct.

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