This card defines the universal genetic code as the fact that specific codons consistently code for the same amino acids across all living organisms.
Universal code: the same specific codons code for the same amino acids in all living organisms.
Front | Define the term universal. |
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Back | Universal code - refers to the the fact that the same specific codons code for the same amino acids in all living organisms |
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