Statement A: The genetic code is degenerate.
Statement B: Most of the amino acids are coded by more than one codon.

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Both statement A and statement B are incorrect

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Statement A is correct but statement B is incorrect

Statement B is correct but statement A is incorrect

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Phenomenon in which more than one codon encodes a single amino-acid is called degeneracy of genetic code. Among 20 amino acids ,18 amino acids following degeneracy . only two amino acids are coded by single codon . the amino acids coded by single codon are methionine and tryptophan .

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