NEET Biology question

Assertion: Amber codon is a termination codon. Reason: If, in an mRNA, a termination codon is present, protein synthesis stops abruptly, whether protein synthesis is complete or not.

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

UAG is indeed called the amber codon, one of the three stop (termination) codons, so the Assertion is true; and it is true that whenever a termination codon appears in the reading frame of an mRNA, translation halts at

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