Which of the following is an example of the degeneracy of the genetic code? Which of the following is an example of the degeneracy of the genetic code? A given amino acid has more than one codon. Codons are ambiguous and specify more than one amino acid. The first two nucleotides of a codon specify the amino acid. The genetic code is not degenerate. The genetic code consists of groups of four nucleotides.
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