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Why is it possible for an amino acid to be specified by more than one kind of codon?

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Answer At its heart, the genetic code is the set of "rules" that a cell uses to interpret the nucleotide sequence within a molecule of mRNA. ... Because there are only 20 different amino acids but 64 possible codons, most amino acids are indicated by more than one codon.

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