Question

From the following identify the features of "Genetic code".

(i) It is a triplet or three letter code.

(ii) The code is overlapping.

(iii) The code is commaless.

(iv) The genetic code was deciphered by Watson and Crick.

Options

• The statements (i), (ii), (iii) are correct but (iv) is wrong.

• The statements (i) and (iii) are correct, but (ii) and (iv) are wrong.

• All are wrong.

• All are correct.

Answer 1

The statements (i) and (iii) are correct, but (ii) and (iv) are wrong.

Explanation:

The genetic code does not overlap. Marshall Nirenberg's cell-free protein synthesis technology aided in the deciphering of the genetic code.