The wobble hypothesis is that
a. codon-anticodon pairing must only follow the standard base-pairing rules at the first two codon positions.
b. some mutations introduce termination codons.
c. most amino acids have more than one codon representing them.
d. an mRNA may encode more than one polypeptide, and the ribosome may "wobble," or begin at alternate start codons.
e. mutations are less likely to occur at the third base of the codon.
Ans: a
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