Question

Sometimes errors occur during transcription or translation. examine the codon chart above. each amino acid is coded for by several different codons. how might this offset transcription or translation errors?

Answer 1

Although errors might happen during the transcription or translation process, the fact that amino acids are being coded by a number of different codons would offset the error. This would offset the transcription and translation errors because there are a number of codons present so even though a wrong match or pairing of the letters would happen, another type of codon having those letters would be present which results to not becoming an issue or being a bad type of mutation. It would basically decrease chances of a transcription or a translation process would cause an erroneous type of protein formed.