Question

A friend argues that redundancy of the genetic code is due to wobble pairing. explain why this isn't the case.

Answer 1

1. Wobble pairing is the phenomenon where the last nucleotide of the triplet codon is mainly rendered useless most of the time. But Redundancy is the phenomenon where one codon codes for more than one amino acid.

2. They are just opposite to each other, where in Wooble Hypothesis, more than one codon codes same amino acid, but in DNA redundancy, one codon codes for more than one amino acid.

3. Redundancy is seen In lower organisms, but Wooble hypotheses is seen in all organisms.

Answer 2

Redundancy refers to the phenomenon where more than one codon in DNA code for the same amino acid. Wobble pairing means base pairing that does not follow the canonical G-C and (U)A-T rule. Wobble pairing allows for a tRNA to specify for more than one type of amino acid during the translation process.