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Why is there not a specific tRNA molecule for each possible codon?

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There is not a specific tRNA molecule for each possible codon because several codons code for the same amino acid. If one tRNA recognizes each amino acid, then it can work efficiently by recognizing all the codons that code for it. There are many more codons than there are amino acids, but a unique tRNA molecule is not needed for each one.


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