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With only a very few exceptions, the overwhelming majority of organisms share the same genetic code. This is not the same thing as DNA sequence. The genetic code is the relationship between codons in DNA and the 20 amino acids found in proteins.

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The cell uses this code to make protein also to reoccur mitosis.

The genetic code is the set of rules by which a gene is translated into a functional protein. Each gene consists of a specific sequence of nucleotides encoded in a DNA or sometimes RNA in some viruses strand; a correspondence between nucleotides, the basic building blocks of genetic material, and amino acids, the basic building blocks of proteins, must be established for genes to be successfully translated into functional proteins. Sets of three nucleotides, known as codons, each correspond to a specific amino acid or to a signal; three codons are known as "stop codons" and, instead of specifying a new amino acid, alert the translation machinery that the end of the gene has been reached. There are 64 possible codons, and only 20 standard amino acids; hence the code is redundant and multiple codons can specify the same amino acid. The correspondence between codons and amino acids is nearly universal among all known living organisms. im glad to help youu :')

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