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(C) The genetic code consists of $64$ codons in total.Out of these $64$ codons,$61$ codons code for amino acids.The remaining $3$ codons $(UAA, UAG, U

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(C) The genetic code consists of $64$ codons in total.Out of these $64$ codons,$61$ codons code for amino acids.The remaining $3$ codons $(UAA, UAG, UGA)$ are stop codons (also known as termination codons) and do not code for any amino acid.Since there are $20$ types of amino acids that need to be encoded,$61$ codons are used to specify these $20$ amino acids,as some amino acids are coded by more than one codon (degeneracy of the genetic code).

How many codons are required to code for all $20$ essential amino acids in the genetic code dictionary?

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