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Out of 64 codons, 61 codons code for 20 types of amino acid. This characteristics of genetic code is called

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a

Genetic code is ambiguious

b

Overlapping of genetic code

c

Degeneracy of genetic code

d

Genetic code is universal.

answer is A.

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Presence of more codons than the number of amino acids involved in protein synthesis is called degeneracy of genetic code. 

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