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Universal Genetic Code

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The blueprint information that is stored inside the DNA, which in turn determine the basic characteristics of the living organism is known to be the genetic code. The genetic code of living organisms is the sequence pattern of base pairs in the DNA. The genetic code contains more than thousands section called genes (cistrons) coding for a specific protein, that is coding for amino acid and polypeptide (made of amino acids). As a result of these, genetic code are regarded as a universal. Meaning that the same sequence of base pair codes for the same amino acids in all living organisms. And therefore genes are section of DNA containing information that will code for production of a protein. The sequence of bases in the DNA is referred
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