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Out of 64 codons , 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acids , it is called :

A

Degeneracy

B

Non-ambiguous

C

Redundancy

D

Overlapping

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  • In genetic code, 61 codons code for 20 different types of amino acids. This is called :

    A
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    B
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