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Two or more codons coding for one amino ...

Two or more codons coding for one amino acid

A

Non -ambiguous

B

Degeneracy of codon

C

Non - overlapping of codon

D

Non- sense codon

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b) When more than one codon may specifiy the same amino acid, this is called degeneracy of codon. Except for tryptophan and methionine all other 18 amino acids have more than one codon.
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