Degeneracy (of the genetic code)
The specification of one amino acid by more than one codon. It arises from the inevitable edundancy resulting from 64 triplets in a triplet code (4 x 4 x 4 = 64) encoding only 20 amino
acids.
Degeneration
1. Changes in cells, tissues or organs due to disease.
2. The reduction in size or complete loss of organs during evoulution.


