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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what does it mean when scientist say that living organisms share universal genetic code

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The sequence of nucleotides in DNA / RNA determining specific amino acid sequences of common proteins. It'the biochemical basis of heredity and nearly universal in all organisms.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

It means that all extant organisms appear to use the same genetic code -- which codons on mRNA specify which amino acids.

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