Codon
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Example:
Imagine trying to unlock your phone, but you need to use a specific three-digit code to do so. Just like this familiar challenge, where each number in the code is crucial to unlocking your phone, a codon in DNA or RNA is a set of three bases that codes for a single amino acid. In this analogy, each digit in your phone's code represents a base, and together, they form a specific sequence that results in a desired outcome, much like how the three bases in a codon combine to specify which amino acid is added during protein synthesis.
Practice Version
Codon: A set of three bases in DNA or RNA, it codes for a single amino acid. Codon. A codon is a sequence of three nucleotides in DNA or RNA that directs the addition of a specific amino acid during protein synthesis.