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All are true for genetic code except:

A
Degenerate
B
Universal
C
Punctuation
D
Non overlapping
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. C. PunctuationThe genetic code is considered as Universal, Specific, Non-overlapping and Degenerate.The codon degeneracy is explained by "WOBBLE HYPOTHESIS", which was put forth by CRICK."Wobble hypothesis is a phenomenon in which a single tRNA can recognize more than one codon. Wobbling is attributed to the difference in the spatial arrangement of the 5'-end of anticodon.Wobbling hypothesis explains the degeneracy of genetic code i.e. existence of multiple codons for a single amino acid. Although there are 61 codons for amino acids, the number of tRNAs are around 4D which is due to wobbling.

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