can one amino acid be encode by more than one codon
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There are 20 amino acids and 64 possible codons (4 nucleotides to the power of 3). Since there are more codons than amino acids, it is possible for one amino acid to be encoded by more than one codon. This phenomenon is known as degeneracy or redundancy in the Show more…
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