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Q. A terminator codon which is called amber is

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In eukaryotes, the termination of polypeptide chain during translation is brought about by the termination codons. These are UAG, UAA and UGA and these are called as amber, ochre and opal respectively. These codons are also called as nonsense codons as they do not code for any amino acid. AUG is the initiation codon. It codes for (methionine) amino acid.