alleryWhich feature of the genetic code allows the same amino acid to be specified by more than one codon?
AUniversality
BDegeneracy
CNon-overlapping nature
DTriplet nature
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Degeneracy
61 sense codons encode 20 amino acids, so most amino acids have multiple codons.
This many-to-one mapping is called degeneracy.
The code is also triplet, non-overlapping, comma-less and nearly universal.
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