NEET Previous Year Question
From the following, identify the correct combination of salient features of Genetic Code :-
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: D. Full step-by-step solution below.
- AUniversal, Non-ambiguous, Overlapping
- BDegenerate, Overlapping, Commaless
- CUniversal, Ambiguous, Degenerate
- DDegenerate, Non-overlapping, Nonambiguous
Correct answer: D
Solution
(d) Salient features of genetic code:Degenerate → more than one codon can code for an amino acid
Non-overlapping → one base is not part of two codons
Non-ambiguous → one codon codes for only one amino acid.
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