Q173 / 200 · NEET 2010 (Screening) · Zoology

The one aspect which is not a salient feature of genetic code, is its being

A
degenerate
Correct answer
B
ambiguous
C
universal
D
specific

Solution

Genetic codes are never ambiguous. That is, it is never confusing. It is represented as triplet codons, each represents an amino acid. There are 64 codons. Out of which 61 codes for amino acids and 3 are stop codons.

Hence, the correct answer is option: 'B'.

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