Degeneracy refers to

Question

Degeneracy refers to (A) one amino acid has more than one code triplet (B) one amino acid has only one code triplet (C) codons which specify the same amino acids differ only in the third base of the triplet (D) Both (a) and (c)

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Degeneracy refers to the fact that one amino acid has more than one code triplet and the codons which specify the same amino acids differ only in the third base of the triplet, e.g. both CAC and CAU code for the amino acid histidine.

Q. Degeneracy refers to

one amino acid has more than one code triplet

one amino acid has only one code triplet

codons which specify the same amino acids differ only in the third base of the triplet

Both (a) and (c)

Degeneracy refers to the fact that one amino acid has more than one code triplet and the codons which specify the same amino acids differ only in the third base of the triplet, e.g. both $C A C$ and $C A U$ code for the amino acid histidine.