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Molecular Basis of Inheritance — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance1 Mark
MCQ
Set of three bases (codon) in the genetic code represent ____.
  • A
    Protein
  • B
    Amino acid
  • C
    Plasmid
  • D
    Nucleic acid
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Answer

  1. Amino acid

Explanation:

Amino acids can be defined as a nucleotide triplet i.e. a codon, for example, a set of codons AUG makes the amino acid methionine, similarly GUG codes for valine etc.

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