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UGA is a universal stop codon.

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UGA is a universal stop codon.

(a) True

(b) False

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This interesting question is from Gene Expression in section Gene Expression of Cell Biology
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For explanation: The UGA is a stop codon in all organisms with one exception, the codons of mitochondrial messenger RNA. UGA is read as tryptophan rather than a translation stop.
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