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What is the importance of genetic code in protein biosynthesis? [2 marks]

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Genetic code is a group of three nucleotides which codes for an amino acid. This group of three nucleotides is also called codons. [1 mark]
Translation and synthesis of proteins happen according to the order of the triplet codons in the mRNA. [1 mark]

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