Your Patient Has a Fever of 39^oC, Sore Throat, Cough

Multiple Choice

Your patient has a fever of 39^oC, sore throat, cough, and chest pain. You ask her whether she has had pneumococcal vaccine this year, which protects against the the 23 most common strains of the causative bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae. She says she has not. Your patient has a number of questions that you answer to help her understand the genetics of the organism causing her illness.
-You tell your patient that the genetic code is used when translating mRNA to synthesize protein. You explain that the code is degenerate and that this is important because 

A) one codon codes for more than one amino acid.
B) one amino acid codes for more than one codon.
C) base-pairing errors made during transcription may not result in a change in the encoded protein.
D) one amino acid codes for more than one codon AND base-pairing errors made during transcription will result in a change in the encoded protein.
E) one codon codes for more than one amino acid AND base-pairing errors made during transcription may not result in a change in the encoded protein.