Genetic code - DEFINITIONS 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? BiologyDNA, genetics and evolutionA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Danielle AndersonCreated on: 15-03-13 19:51 Genetic Code sequence of nucleotide bases on mRNA 1 of 6 Codon sequence of 3 bases (triplet) on mRNA that codes for a single amino acid 2 of 6 Degenerate code when an amino acid has more than one code 3 of 6 stop codons do not code for an amino acid; marks the end of a polypeptide chain 4 of 6 non-overlapping code each base in the nucleotide base sequence is read only once 5 of 6 universal code the same codon codes for the same amino acid in all organisms 6 of 6
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