Question

When more than one codon codes for the same amino acid, what is this called?

• A. Universal nature of genetic code
• B. Redundancy of genetic code
• C. Punctuation in genetic code
• D. Continuous nature of genetic code

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Redundancy of genetic code

The genetic code has 64 codon and each specifies only one amino acids but there are some codons such as GAA and GAG both specify one amino acid i.e., glutamic acid and are called as redundancy or degeneracy.