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The Central Dogma: DNA Encodes RNA and RNA Encodes Protein

Codons and the universal genetic code.

Codons and the universal genetic code.

The genetic code for translating each nucleotide triplet (codon) in mRNA into an amino acid or a translation termination signal.

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