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What is a genetic code?

What is a genetic code? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (genetics) the set of rules by which the sequence of bases in DNA are translated into the amino acid sequence of proteins
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Its genetic code is embedded in a complex DNA structure called the TCP pathogenicity island.
The genetic code has the same importance in molecular biology that the Periodic Table of the Elements has in chemistry.
Clark works with genetic information, creating DNA portraits in which people are represented by their genetic code.
He won the Nobel, discovered the double helix, and helped unravel our genetic code.
Starting at one end of the gene, the genetic code is read three nucleotides at a time.
To clone, scientists replace all the genetic material in an egg with a mature cell containing the complete genetic code from the donor.

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