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Glossary
Term
Degenerate MGI Glossary
Definition
A term describing one of the qualities of the genetic code, specifically, that some amino acids may be specified by more than one codon.

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
04/03/2013
MGI 5.12
The Jackson Laboratory