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Assertion. One of the property of genetic code is degeneracy.
Reason. Many amino acids can be coded by more than one codon.

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If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion .

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If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanations of the Assertion

C

If Assertion is true but the Reason is false .

D

If both Assertion and Reason are false.

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