Question

Assertion: One property of genetic code is degeneracy. 1 Reason: Many amino acids can be coded by more than one codon. A. Both assertion and reason are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion. B. Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion. C. Assertion is true but reason is false D. Both assertion and reason are false​

Answer 1

Answer:

Because there are only 20 different amino acids but 64 possible codons, most amino acids are indicated by more than one codon. ... This means that the three nucleotides within a particular codon are a part of that codon only — thus, they are not included in either of the adjacent codons.