NEET Biology question

Degeneracy of the genetic code is due to

(A)Functional 61 codons and 20 amino acidsCorrect
(B)Functional 64 codons and 20 amino acids
(C)Functional 20 codons and 20 amino acids
(D)Functional 20 codons and 61 amino acids

Answer: (A)

Solution

Degeneracy means that more than one codon can specify the same amino acid; since there are 61 sense (functional) codons available to code for only 20 amino acids, several codons must

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