Question

Assertion: An amino acid in a polypeptide chain is not always altered even due to a change in the third nitrogenous base of a codon.

Reason: The amino acid does not change due to degeneracy of the genetic code.

Options

• Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.

• Assertion is true and Reason is false.

• Both Assertion and Reason are false.

Answer 1

Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.