True or False: There are 64 unique codons consisting of 61 sense and 3 termination codons.

The statement is indeed true. In the genetic code, there are a total of 64 unique codons produced by combinations of the four nucleotides (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and uracil in RNA). Out of these codons, 61 codons are classified as "sense" codons because they correlate with specific amino acids during protein synthesis. The remaining three codons are known as "termination" or "nonsense" codons because they signal the end of protein translation and do not correspond to any amino acid. This coding system is fundamental to the process of translating the genetic information encoded in mRNA into proteins, which are essential for the structure and function of cells.