Answer:
The nucleotide triplet that encodes an amino acid is called a codon. Each group of three nucleotides encodes one amino acid. Since there are 64 combinations of 4 nucleotides taken three at a time and only 20 amino acids, the code is degenerate (more than one codon per amino acid, in most cases).
jagged line of protein discs which attach thin filaments from
end to end, trace the boundary where
sarcomeres connect, thick type of
smallest muscle unit: composed of staggered arrays of many myosin molecules
which interact with actin when calcium is present.
