Degeneration of a genetic code is attributed to the:
Degeneration of a genetic code is attributed to the:
first member of a codon
second member of codon
entire codon
third member of a codon
Solution
Each codon is specific for only one amino acid (or one stop signal), yet the genetic code is described as degenerate, or redundant, because a single amino acid may be coded for by more than one codon. The codons that code for one amino acid can differ in any of their places; nevertheless, the second or third codon is more frequent.