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It isn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_codes On the other hand, once a certain layer of fu
by ozy 7y ago
It isn't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_codes
On the other hand, once a certain layer of functionality exists, and starts being used to build on top of, that layer will resist change, because any variation will throw off so many higher level processes it's unlikely to be viable.
- yourapostasy 7y agoThe ultimate technical debt if there ever was one for our species. An "oopsie" at this layer would be pretty insanely difficult to architect and engineer around.
- phkahler 7y agoSelenocysteine is a really strange one.