To calculate the future size of a population

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Degeneracy of the Genetic Code

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The initiation codon AUG is the most common signal for the beginning of a
polypeptide in all cells.

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The termination codons (UAA, UAG, and UGA), also called stop codons or nonsense codons.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The degeneracy of the code is not uniform. Whereas methionine and tryptophan have single codons, for example, three amino acids (Arg, Leu, Ser) have six codons, five amino acids have four, isoleucine has three, and nine amino acids have two.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

A reading frame without a termination codon among 50 or more codons is referred to as an open reading frame (ORF).

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Minimum degenerated probes can be derived from the minimum degenerating area of any protein.