Why can the genetic code be qualified as a “degenerate code”?

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Biology

The genetic code is a degenerate code because there are amino acids codified by more than one type of codon. It is not a system in which each element is codified by only one codifying unit.

For example, the amino acid arginine is codified by six codons: CGU, CGC, CGA, CGG, AGA and AGG.

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Dipti KC
May 7, 2023
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