Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is…
Biology · NEET · NTA Exams — Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): There is degeneracy in codons.
Reason (R): The number of codons is much more than the number of amino acids in a protein.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
- (A) is not correct but (R) is correct
- Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
- Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Answer
(C) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
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