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The codons causing chain termination (stop codons) are

A

TAG, TGA

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GAT, AGT

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AGT, TAG, UGA

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UAG, UGA, UAA

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Solution

The correct option is D UAG, UGA, UAA
Non-sense codons are the codons which does not code for any amino acid. These are found important in terminating translation. For example, UAA, UAG and UGA.

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