This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Mutations & Codons, Subject name: Biochemistry
[{'content': 'Silent mutations occurs because codon is : \nSelect and explain. \nA. Non overlapping, B. Commaless, C. Universal, D. Degenerate', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': 'Answer: D \nExplanation: Degenerate Silent mutations occurs because codon is degenerate. Degeneracy/Redundancy is a propey of codons that each amino acid is having more than one codons. Silent mutations means a codon is replaced by another codon, which is coding for same amino acid.', 'role': 'assistant'}]