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Termination of polypeptide chain formation is brought about by

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UUG, UAG, UCG

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UAA, UAG, UGA

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UUG, UGC, UCA

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UCG, GCG, ACC

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Solution

The correct option is B UAA, UAG, UGA
Termination of polypeptide chain is brought about by either of the codons - UAA, UAG and UGA. These three are collectively called stop codons or terminator codons.

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