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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.
He won the Nobel, discovered the double helix, and helped unravel our genetic code.
Because of some unknown quirk or mutation in the cosmic dance her genetic code did not enable her cells to make a full life possible.
The genetic code of the Roboastra mitochondrial genome is the same as that used by other mollusks.
The genetic code has the same importance in molecular biology that the Periodic Table of the Elements has in chemistry.
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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