Biology A-Level
universal code
What universal code means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of universal code
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The same triplet codes for the same amino acid in almost every organism, so a human gene inserted into a bacterium can yield the human protein.
Topics that use universal code
- DNA, genes and chromosomes (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- alleles
- base sequence
- chromatin
- circular organelle DNA
- crossing over
- degenerate code
- endosymbiotic theory
- functional RNA
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