What is meant by degenerate code - Vidyadip

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What is meant by degenerate code

A
One amino acid is coded by one code
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One amino acid can be coded by more than one code
C
One code controls one code
D
One code can control more than one amino acid

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Answer

Correct option: B.

One amino acid can be coded by more than one code

b
(b)As the number of codons is $64$ and number of amino acids to be coded is $21$, so more than one codons are available for a single amino acid.

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