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[A]: The genetic code is degenerate. ...

[A]: The genetic code is degenerate.
[R]: Because the most amino acids have more than one codon.

A

One codon has many meanings

B

More than one codon has the same meaning

C

One codon one meaning

D

There are 64 codons present

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