Explanation: A codon is an mRNA sequence which contains three nucleotides that codes for a particular amino acid. The codons on the mRNA are read by the ribosome during translation and the amino acid coded for by each codon is used to make a protein. There are 64 different codons in existence, each amino acid is coded for by at least one codon. Some amino acids have more than one codon. For example, the amino acid Leucine is coded for by six codons: UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA and CUG while the amino acid phenylalanine is coded for by two codons: UUU and UUC.
