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11 years ago
This is possible because

A.the third position of the codon does not have to pair conventionally.
B.the second position of the codon does not have to pair conventionally.
C.the anticodon does not have the conventional bases.
D.there are fewer amino acids than there are possible codons.
E.the code is degenerating.
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11 years ago
D. there are fewer amino acids than there are possible codons.
There are 64 different codons but only 21 amino acids.

The only other true option is A. but this would result in more tRNA's than expected
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