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State a funct...

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State a functional difference between the following codons: [2]
(a) AUG and UAA
(b) Specific and Degenerate

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Solution

(a) AUG acts as an initiator codon while UAA acts as a stop codon. [1 mark]

(b) In genetic code, specific means one codon codes for only one specific amino acid whereas degenerate means some amino acids are coded by more than one codon. [1 mark]

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