The genetic code is well described and all 64 possible codons are accounted for. How do cells insert the ‘twenty first' amino acid selenocysteine?

A) It is encoded by one of the extra serine codons.
B) It is encoded by one of the extra leucine codons.
C) It is encoded by one of the extra arginine codons.
D) It is encoded by one of the stop codons.


D

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