MHT CET Medical202626 April 2026Morning ShiftBiologyMolecular Basis of InheritanceActual
Wobble hypothesis is useful to explain the __________ property of genetic code.
Options
- Auniversality
- Bnon - ambiguity
- Cpolarity
- Ddegeneracy
Correct answer
D. degeneracy
Step-by-step solution
The Wobble hypothesis was proposed by Francis Crick to explain the degeneracy of the genetic code. According to this hypothesis, the first two bases of a codon form standard Watson-Crick base pairs with the last two bases of the anticodon, while the third base of the codon (the wobble position) can form non-standard base pairs with the first base of the anticodon. This flexibility allows a single tRNA molecule to recognize and bind to more than one codon, which explains why multiple codons can code for the same ami