Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
The two codons for Glutamic acid and four codons for Valine has to be listed.
Concept Introduction:
The mRNA strand consists of genetic information in the form of
(b)
Interpretation:
The Glutamic acid codons can be converted into Valine codons by a single substitution mutation has to be shown.
Concept Introduction:
The codons are the triplet bases which codes for the amino acids in the protein synthesis. There are 64 codons which are coded for 20 amino acids. Each amino acid is coded by more than one codon.
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