Tiffanyv5989 Tiffanyv5989
  • 04-09-2017
  • Chemistry
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Both the codons uuu and uuc specify the amino acid phenylalanine. what is the term for this phenomenon?

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michelleorloovramh michelleorloovramh
  • 04-09-2017

This is called codon degeneracy. It is also said that the genetic code is redundant, meaning that multiple codons can code for the same amino acid, like for example CCC and CCA both coding Proline.


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