Discuss evidence that the genetic code is almost universal, and cite some exceptions.
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Codons that code for particular amino acids are nearly universal across all life. This means that the same codon (3 nucleotide sequence) that codes for aspartic acid or glutamate are the same in a bacteria as in a human being. This has been used to suggest that all life on earth evolved from one ancestral organism. The only exception in some organisms is very slightly such as of a difference of one or two amino acids coded by a particular codon. An example is yeast. In the universal genetic code CUG codes for leucine, however in budding yeast, it codes for serine amino acid.
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The offsprings of this cross will inherit the flat (F) and green (G) alleles from the first parent and also the crinkly (f) and purple (g) alleles from the second parent. However, the offsprings will only inherit the flat, green traits.
Explanation:
This question involves two different genes coding for leaf shape and leaf color respectively. The alleles for flat (F) and green (G) leaves are dominant over the alleles for crinkly (f) and purple (g) leaves.
According to this question, If a spinach plant with flat (FF) green (GG) leaves is crossed with another spinach plant with crinkly (ff) purple (gg) leaves, all the offsprings in the F1 generation will possess a FfGg heterozygous genotype.
This genotype means that the F1 offsprings of this cross will inherit the flat (F) and green (G) alleles from the first parent and also the crinkly (f) and purple (g) alleles from the second parent. However, they will only inherit the flat, green traits because they are dominant over the crinkly and purple trait.
