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Out of 64 codons , 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acid. It is called

A

wobbling of codon

B

overlapping of genes

C

unversality of codons

D

degeneracy of genetic code

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  2. Triplet codon in genetics is :

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  3. The genetic code :

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  4. A degneracy of genetci code was found by :

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  5. When more than one codon code for the same amino acid, this is called ...

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  6. Out of 64 codons , 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acid. It is ca...

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  7. Degeneration of a genetic code is attributed to the :

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  8. A single amino acid is often coded by more than one triplet code. In m...

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  9. some amino acids are coded by more than one codon, hence the genetic c...

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  10. The genetic code is said to be degenerate and is universal which means...

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  11. Which one of the following group of codons is called as degenerate cod...

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  12. Degency of genetic code is due to functional :

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  13. Two or more codons coding for one amino acid :

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  14. Genetic code of nuclear and mitrochondrial DNA is :

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  15. An anticodon of t-RNA can recognize more than one codon of m-RNA . It ...

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  16. Wobble hypothesis establishes :

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  17. Wobble pairing takes place :

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  18. The process of altering the code in the DNA sequence, the message reve...

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  19. The single-stranded DNA phage phi xx 174 contains approximately 5400 n...

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  20. H.G. Khorana was awarded the Nobal Prize for :

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