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Termination of polypeptide chain is brought about by

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UAA, UAG and UGA
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UUG, UGC and UCA
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UCG, GCG and ACC
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UUG, UAG and UCG
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Solution

The correct option is A UAA, UAG and UGA
During the process of translation (synthesis of polypeptide chain), the codons - UAG, UGA and UAA terminate the process of translation. Thus they are known as stop codons or termination codons.

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