EMBRYOLOGY
CHROMOSOMES AND CELL DIVISIONS
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Question
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What is a codon?
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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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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -What is a codon? It is the process of reading the mRNA code in the ribosome to make a protein. It is an organelle responsible for making proteins. It is a triplet (3) of bases in the mRNA that codes for a specific amino acid.
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).
Detailed explanation-3: -Codons are groups of three bases in the mRNA that code for a single amino acid.
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