This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Metabolism of nucleic acids, Subject name: Biochemistry
All are characteristics of genetic code except 
Select and explain. 
A. Overlapping, B. Nonambiguous, C. Universal, D. Degeneracy
A: Overlapping
Answer: A: Overlapping 
Explanation: Code is a Triplet The Code is Degenerate The Code is Non-overlapping The Code is Comma Less The Code is Unambiguous The Code is Universal Co-linearity Gene-polypeptide Parity Ref-Sathyanarayana 4/e p507