I don't understand the grouping of base pairs as 3 to make and identify an amino acid.
Is this just an arbitrary assignment?
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A codon is made up of exactly 3 base pairs - something worth remembering. Three base pairs (codon) will therefore code a specific amino acid (20 different types). Also, the genetic code is degenerate, meaning that more than one codon can code for a particular amino acid. |
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