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The codons causing chain termination (stop codons) are

A

TAG,TAA, TGA

B

GAT,AAT,AGT

C

AGT,TAG UGA

D

UAG,UGA,UAA

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d) Termination codons are also known as the non-sense codons or stop codons because they stop the process of protein synthesis being not coded for amino acid during translation.
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