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Q. No.Which of the following is not a property of the genetic code?
1. Non-overlapping
2. Ambiguous
3. Degeneracy
4. Universal
1. Non-overlapping
2. Ambiguous
3. Degeneracy
4. Universal
Subtopic: Â Genetic Code |
 75%
Level 2: 60%+
NEET - 2013
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The one aspect which is not a salient feature of genetic code, is its being:
1. degenerate
2. ambiguous
3. universal
4. specific
Subtopic: Â Genetic Code: III |Â Genetic Code |
 81%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2010
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Whose experiments cracked the DNA and discovered unequivocally that a genetic code is a triplet?
1. Nirenberg and Matthaei
2. Hershey and Chase
3. Morgan and Sturtevant
4. Beadle and Tatum
Subtopic: Â Genetic Code: I |Â Genetic Code: II |Â Genetic Code |
 53%
Level 3: 35%-60%
AIPMT - 2009
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What is not true for genetic code?
| 1. | A codon in mRNA is read in non-contiguous fashion |
| 2. | It is nearly universal |
| 3. | It is degenerate |
| 4. | It is unambiguous |
Subtopic: Â Genetic Code: I |Â Genetic Code: II |Â Genetic Code |
 85%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2009
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Which one of the following pairs of codons is correctly matched with their function or the signal for the particular amino acid?
1. GUU, GCU - Alanine
2. UAG, UGA - Stop
3. AUG, ACG - Start/methionine
4. UUA, UCA -Leucine
Subtopic: Â Genetic Code: I |Â Genetic Code: II |Â Genetic Code |
 86%
Level 1: 80%+
AIPMT - 2008
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