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Interpretation:
In the codons of amino acid Leucine, the first and second bases are identical, the identity of the third base is irrelevant. For what other amino acid codons, the third base is irrelevant has to be given and for which amino acids they code has to be given.
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The mRNA strand consists of genetic information in the form of
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