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The genetic code isn't quite as universal as you might think. Here's an interesting article on the peculiarities of encoding in the mitochrondial genome, and wh
by Angostura 7y ago
The genetic code isn't quite as universal as you might think. Here's an interesting article on the peculiarities of encoding in the mitochrondial genome, and what it tells us about evolution. https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/guest-post-why-the-genetic-code-is-not-universal/ https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/guest-po...
- gomijacogeo 7y agoAlso, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_code#Alternative_genetic_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_code#Alternative_genet... Although most (all?) of the variability is in the one place you can make it without almost-certainly killing your host organism - in repurposing the STOP codons. There are usually three (and likely UGG was a fourth before it got hijacked by Tryptophan in the before time) and all you need is one.