Codon

Codon

A group of three adjacent nucleotides in an mRNA molecule that specifies either one amino acid in a polypeptide chain or the termination of polypeptide synthesis.

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Three bases in a DNA or RNA sequence which specify a single amino acid.

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Archaeology; Evolution

A triplet of bases (or nucleotides) in the DNA coding for one amino acid. The relation between codons and amino acids is given by the genetic code. The triplet of bases that is ...

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Biology; Cell biology

A sequence of three nucleotides in messenger RNA that codes for a single amino acid.

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Archaeology; Human evolution

The hypothesis, based on Beadle and Tatum's studies in biochemical genetics, that each gene controls the synthesis of one enzyme.

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Archaeology; Human evolution

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Archaeology; Human evolution

A geographically defined aggregate of local populations which differs with various degrees of significance (depending on the author) from other such subdivisions of the species.