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Which one of the following pairs of codons is correctly matched with their function or the signal for the particular amino acid?
UUA, UCA -Leucine

GUU, GCU -Alanine

UAG, UGA - Stop

AUG, ACG - Start / Methionine

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Answer is 3. UAG, UGA - Stop codon
There are three codons which terminates the translation. These three codons are UAG, UGA, UAA which are called stop codons.

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