UAA, UAG and UGA are known ascodons.

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Solution

The correct option is C stop
UAA, UAG and UGA are the stop codons, and do not code for amino acids. They are also known as termination codons or nonsense codons, and act as signals on the mRNA to stop protein synthesis.

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