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BiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceNEET

Choose the correct option. I. Six codons do not code for any amino acid. II. Codon is read in mRNA in a contiguous fashion. III. Three codons function as stop codons. IV. The initiator codon AUG codes for methionine.

Answer: (D)

Solution

Only three codons (UAA, UAG, UGA) fail to code for any amino acid, not six, so Statement I is false; Statements II,

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