Question
Biology Question on the molecular basis of inheritance
The one aspect which is not a salient feature of genetic code is its being
A
Ambiguous
B
Universal
C
Specific
D
Degenerate
Answer
Ambiguous
Explanation
Solution
Genetic code is non-ambiguous. Non- ambiguous code means that there is no ambiguity about a particular code. One codon specifies only one amino acid and not any other. There are 64 codons. Out of 64, 3 are stop codons or nonsense codons, i.e., these do not code for any amino acid and rest 61 code for one of the 20 amino acids. Neither of them code for more than one amino acids except GUG which normally code for valine but in certain conditions it also codes for N-formyl methionine as initiation codon.