What is the difference between triplets and codons?
Triplet:
Codon:
Triplet | Codon | |
1. | A trinucleotide sequence or genetic code that codes for a specific amino acid in a polypeptide chain is known as a triplet code. | A codon is a three-nucleotide sequence that forms a unit of genetic code in a DNA or RNA molecule. |
2. | It has no overlap and degenerates into 61 genetic codes, each of which codes for 20 amino acids. | The key that permits these two languages to be translated into each other is provided by codons. |
A triplet is a three-nucleotide sequence that is unique to an amino acid | The three-nucleotide sequence as triplets is a genetic code called codons. | |
3. | Example: Three, nonoverlapping, nucleotides - AAA, AAG - Lysine. | Example: Sequence AUG specified as the amino acid Methionine indicating the start of a protein. |