The Degeneracy of the Genetic Code Refers To

The degeneracy of the genetic code refers to:

A) the possibility of tolerated mispairing in the third position of the codon.
B) the universal utilization of the same genetic code across all life forms on earth.
C) the observation that multiple codons specify the same amino acid.
D) the utilization of AUG for two functions (start and methionine) .
E) codon usage for both amino acid specification and punctuation (start and stop) .