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- noun Plural form of
codon .
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Examples
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Mike looked and found why having 3 stop codons is rational and exhibits foresight.
Crossroads 2009
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Mike looked and found why having 3 stop codons is rational and exhibits foresight.
Crossroads 2009
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Those DNA symbolic encoding patterns we see and the genetic code which assigns meaning to amino acid encoding and command codons is evidence of an intelligent cause.
A Useless Critic 2007
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The essence of the genetic code is that sequences of three consecutive bases, known as codons, correspond to specific amino acids.
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
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The essence of the genetic code is that sequences of three consecutive bases, known as codons, correspond to specific amino acids.
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
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The translation code was a series of three-letter "words", called codons, each standing for one of the 20 amino-acid molecules that form the components of proteins.
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Three regions of the gene where these faults are found are at gene locations - called codons - 12, 13 and 61.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Three regions of the gene where these faults are found are at gene locations - called codons - 12, 13 and
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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The translation code was a series of three-letter "words", called codons, each standing for one of the 20 amino-acid molecules that form the components of proteins.
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The essence of the genetic code is that sequences of three consecutive bases, known as codons, correspond to specific amino acids.
Warren Ellis Warren Ellis 2010
howaussie commented on the word codons
One can ask whether such cultural pressure, doesn’t have a deleterious evolutionary impact, but claiming that an IQ average of 80 can be explained by a few codons – is ignorance.
June 19, 2009