Degeneracy refers to
a. one amino acid has more than one triplets
b. one amino acid has only one code triplet
c. codons which specify the same amino acids differ only in the third base of the triplet

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a and c only

only a

a and b only

b and c only

answer is D.

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Degeneracy refers to the fact that one amino acid has more than one code triplet and the codons which specify the same amino acids differ only in the third base of the triplet, e.g. both CAC and CAU code for the amino acid histidine.

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