In the triplet binding technique, radioactivity remains on the filter when the amino acid corresponding to the codon is labeled. Explain the rationale for this technique.

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Hi everyone. Let's look at our next problem. It says determine which of the following is not a characteristic of the genetic code. Let's recall from our content video what we mean by genetic code. Um And that's those rules used to translate the genetic information into proteins. Um in other words, the code ons the fact that a sequence of three base pairs makes a code that specifies an amino acid. And you can remember that by thinking of like if you did code puzzles when you were little, it's like you have your different three base pair code that gives you the key to the amino acid. So that's how to remember what the genetic code is. So let's look through our answer choices, remembering we're looking for the one that is not characteristic of this. So choice A says it is a triplet code. That is true. Three base pairs equal one amino acid. So that's not our answer. Since it's true, Choice B says it is non overlapping. That's also true. Um Three base pairs signal one amino acid, not multiple. So you don't have a risk that say your third base pair is part of another coat on have distinct units of three base pairs. So Choice B is not our answer choice C says it is degenerate. Well this is true. What it means by degenerate is that um some amino acids Are coded for by more than one code on. So this actually provides a little bit of air protect protection because say a single based permutation might not affect your protein. If that code in still codes for the same amino acid. So again, this is not our answer because it's true, it is a degenerate code and that some uh some code ins can code for the same amino acids, even though they're different code ONs. And finally, Choice D. It is ambiguous. Well, this would be false ambiguous, meaning. You don't always know what it means or it's doesn't it's not always clear. But when you have a specific code on, you know which amino acid it codes for, there isn't any ambiguity there. So this is our answer. Since this is not a characteristic of the genetic code. See you on the next video.