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Different amino acids have different number of codons. Most amino acids have more than one codon so we say that the genetic code is degenerate.

Alanine (A, Ala) 4
Cysteine (C, Cys) 2
Aspartate (D, Asp) 2
Glutamate (E, Glu) 2
Phenylalanine (F, Phe) 2
Glycine (G, Gly) 4
Histidine (H, His) 2
Isoleucine (I, Ile) 3
Lysine (K, Lys) 2
Leucine (L, Leu) 6
Methonine (M, Met) 1 (start codon)

...and so on

You can find a table of the genetic code on Google. One that I have found is at http://member.cox.net/The_Genetic_Code-01_01_15.jpg

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