{"id":986,"date":"2023-01-10T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/genetics-simplified\/?p=986"},"modified":"2023-03-20T17:06:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:06:06","slug":"what-is-the-genetic-code-how-was-it-deciphered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/genetics-simplified\/what-is-the-genetic-code-how-was-it-deciphered\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the genetic code? How was it deciphered?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Anonymous Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video is about the genetic code and how it was discovered. It explains how to use the genetic code table when reading mRNA. 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