HEREDITY
MUTATIONS
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It is a three letter section of bases that are read by ribosomes to stamp amino acids into a protein
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They are the codes on the DNA (hence “code-on”
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It is a type of mutation that occurs when there has been a substitution, deletion or insertion.
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It is a made up word for this quiz. Nice try, Wampler.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A sequence of three consecutive nucleotides in a DNA or RNA molecule that codes for a specific amino acid. Certain codons signal the start or end of translation. These are called start or stop (or termination) codons.
Detailed explanation-2: -A codon is a DNA or RNA sequence of three nucleotides (a trinucleotide) that forms a unit of genomic information encoding a particular amino acid or signaling the termination of protein synthesis (stop signals). There are 64 different codons: 61 specify amino acids and 3 are used as stop signals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Codon is a sequence of three nucleotides that forms a unit of genomic information encoding a particular amino acid. There are 64 different codons-61 specify for amino acids.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hint: In genetic code, the set of a three-nucleotide in a row counts as a triplet that codes for a single amino acid. It was first discovered by Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich J. Matthaei. Complete answer: The sequence of three nucleotides on an mRNA strand that encodes a specific amino acid is known as a codon.
Detailed explanation-5: -Each three-letter sequence of mRNA nucleotides corresponds to a specific amino acid, or to a stop codon. UGA, UAA, and UAG are stop codons. AUG is the codon for methionine, and is also the start codon.