All the following statements are correct features of the genetic code except:
A. The genetic code is universal as all living organisms use the three-letter code of nucleotides of DNA molecules.
B. the three-letter code cannot be transferred from animals to plants nor from animals to single-celled organisms such as bacteria
C. It contains a series of three-letter codons beginning with a start code and ending with a stop code.
D. It can be redundant in that there is more than one three-letter code for that specific amino acid.
A. The genetic code is universal as all living organisms use the three-letter code of nucleotides of DNA molecules.
B. the three-letter code cannot be transferred from animals to plants nor from animals to single-celled organisms such as bacteria
C. It contains a series of three-letter codons beginning with a start code and ending with a stop code.
D. It can be redundant in that there is more than one three-letter code for that specific amino acid.
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B
All organisms use DNA. Since that is true the way codons work is all the same. and as for D if you look at a Base Chart you can see the redundancy.
Here is one very long link to a base chart
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All organisms use DNA. Since that is true the way codons work is all the same. and as for D if you look at a Base Chart you can see the redundancy.
Here is one very long link to a base chart
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://accelerateu.org/assessments/LE/ChartQ64.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.datamentor.org/index.cfm%3Fevent%3DshowRelatedQuestions.student%26assessmentID%3D829%26chartType%3D%26referenceBedsCode%3D%26selectedBedsCode%3D%26standardID%3D1701&usg=__PJWs3k-rAr4Mr84Q4vZtgzJBafc=&h=567&w=596&sz=49&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=VI81Q-R1_9x7ZM:&tbnh=135&tbnw=142&ei=2kXYTcyuF8Hc0QGcuaz8Aw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Ddna%2Bbase%2Bchart%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1600%26bih%3D720%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=216&sqi=2&page=1&ndsp=36&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=64&ty=86