Assertion: dna's code | /r/HasProperty | degenerate
Facets:
value: in the sense
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Because there are 64 possible codons (for example 43 = 64 different 3-letter "words" can be generated from a 4-letter "alphabet") and only 20 amino acids, several different codons specify the same amino acid, so the genetic code is said to be degenerate.
text: Because most of the 20 amino acids are coded for by more than one codon, the code is called degenerate.
text: Different codons that code for the same amino acid are said to be "synonyms," and the code is said to be "degenerate" in the sense that there is not a single, unique codon for each of the twenty amino acids.