Question

All of the following are characteristics of genetic code except

• A. degeneracy
• B. overlapping
• C. commaless nature
• D. triplet codes

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

overlapping

Answer 2

Genetic codes shows the characteristics of degeneracy, commaless nature, triplet codes and non-overlapping nature. Non-overlapping code means that a base in a $mRNA$ is not used for two different codons. However, it is shown that the same base can be used for different codons but only at different times.