Q. The checker board for genetic code consists of
A) 61 triplet codons and 4 triplet stop codons.
B) 61 unambiguous codons and 3 stop codons.
C) 64 codons which code for 64 amino acids.
D) 64 codons which code for 61 amino acids.
Explanation
The checker board for genetic code consists 61 unambiguous codons which code for 20 amino acids. The rest three are stop codons which do not code for any amino acid.
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