The degeneracy of the Genetic code is due to A. a 1 to 1 correlation between single amino acids and single nucleotides B. The fact that tRNAs can bind to mRNAs at the same time they transfer amino acids to a growing polypeptide chain C. The fact that there is only one start codon D. The fact that the code is non-overlapping E. The fact that more than one codon specifying an amino acid F. None of the above

The degeneracy of the Genetic code is due to A. a 1 to 1 correlation between single amino acids and single nucleotides B. The fact that tRNAs can bind to mRNAs at the same time they transfer amino acids to a growing polypeptide chain C. The fact that there is only one start codon D. The fact that the code is non-overlapping E. The fact that more than one codon specifying an amino acid F. None of the above

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Chapter13: Gene Expression

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Problem 4TYU: The genetic code is defined as a series of _______________ in _______________. (a) anticodons; tRNA...

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