The genetic code is best described as
A) redundant but not ambiguous.
B) ambiguous but not redundant.
C) both ambiguous and redundant.
D) neither ambiguous nor redundant.
E) redundant in prokaryotes, but ambiguous in eukaryotes.

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The genetic code is redundant, meaning that most amino acids are coded for by multiple codons, but it is not ambiguous, meaning that each codon only codes for one specific amino acid.

The Genetic Code Is Best Described as