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What is codon, and what does it represent in protein synthesis?​

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A codon is a sequence of three DNA or RNA nucleotides that corresponds with a specific amino acid or stop signal during protein synthesis. Each codon corresponds to a single amino acid (or stop signal), and the full set of codons is called the genetic code.

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