What is meant by degenerate code?

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(B) The genetic code is said to be degenerate because some amino acids are specified by more than one codon. Since there are $64$ possible codons and

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One amino acid can be coded by more than one codon.

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(B) The genetic code is said to be degenerate because some amino acids are specified by more than one codon. Since there are $64$ possible codons and only $20$ standard amino acids,the number of codons exceeds the number of amino acids. This redundancy ensures that multiple codons can code for the same amino acid,which provides a buffer against mutations.

Genetic Code	Amino Acid	Anticodon
$a$	$Met$	$b$
$GGA$	$c$	$d$
$UUA$	$e$	$f$
$g$	$h$	$ACA$

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Which of the following molecules contains the genetic code?

Complete the following table regarding the genetic code,amino acids,and anticodons:
Genetic Code Amino Acid Anticodon
$a$ $Met$ $b$
$GGA$ $c$ $d$
$UUA$ $e$ $f$
$g$ $h$ $ACA$

How many sense codons code for the $20$ known amino acids?

The first codon discovered by $Nirenberg$ and $Matthaei$ was:

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