The genetic code is said to be "degenerate" because
A) More than one type of tRNA can be charged with a particular amino acid.
B) A single tRNA specific for a particular amino acid may respond to multiple codons in an mRNA
C) A single tRNA may couple a single mRNA codon to multiple amino acids.
D) A single codon in an mRNA can couple to the anticodons of many different types of tRNAs.
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Q3: Which statement about the genetic code is
Q4: _ different genetically-encoded amino acids are found
Q5: Which of the following are rare amino
Q6: The modified nucleotide inosine (I) found in
Q7: The modified base 2-thiouracil found in tRNA
Q8: The "wobble hypothesis" states that
A) alternative (non-Watson-Crick)
Q9: The frequencies with which different codons are
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