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Out of 64 codons , 61 codons code for 20...

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

A

Wobbling of codon

B

Overlapping of gene

C

Universility of codons

D

Degeneracy of genetic code

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D
The triplet code of codon is degenerate i.e., there are many more codons than there are amino acids. Only 20 amino acids are involved in protein synthesis, while there are 64 possibilities or types of codons (43). Hence more than one codon can code for an amino acid.
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