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question 5 of 22
using the codon table, what conclusions can be drawn about the genetic code?
the 64 codons are roughly evenly distributed between amino acid codons and stop codons.
the sequence 5 augaga ucguga 3 contains ten overlapping codons.
three codons do not code for amino acids.
many amino acids are encoded by multiple codons.

Explanation:

• For the first option: There are 64 codons in total. 61 of them code for amino acids and 3 are stop codons. So, they are not evenly distributed.
• For the second option: The sequence \(5'\text{ AUGAGAUCUGA }3'\) has codons \(AUG\), \(AGA\), \(UCU\), \(GA\) (but codons are triplets. \(GA\) is not a valid codon here. Also, codons are non - overlapping in the standard genetic code).
• For the third option: The three stop codons (\(UAA\), \(UAG\), \(UGA\)) do not code for amino acids.
• For the fourth option: Looking at the codon table (e.g., Leucine has multiple codons as shown in the table), many amino acids are encoded by multiple codons.

Answer:

C. Three codons do not code for amino acids; D. Many amino acids are encoded by multiple codons.