Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology?
- AGenetic code is not ambiguous
- BGenetic code is redundant
- CGenetic code is nearly universal
- DGenetic code is specific
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The fact that the genetic code is nearly universal means that a specific codon codes for the same amino acid in almost all organisms, from bacteria to humans. This allow scientists to insert a human gene (like the insulin gene) into a bacterium, which then "reads" the code and produces the human protein.