Understanding Codons: The Building Blocks of Genetic Code
What is a Codon? A codon is a sequence of three nucleotides (triplet) in DNA or RNA. Each codon corresponds to a specific amino acid or a stop signal during translation. Example: AUG = Start codon (Methionine in eukaryotes) UAA, UAG, UGA = Stop codons There are 64 possible codons (4³ = 64 combinations of … Read more