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it's to avoid sequence features which are problematic like high GC content
by skosuri 14y ago
it's to avoid sequence features which are problematic like high GC content
- InclinedPlane 14y agoAh, interesting. In natural DNA this is achieved by using a more complex encoding scheme (3 base pairs -> one amino acid), combined with the vast majority of DNA not encoding genes directly.
- skosuri 14y agowell, the genetic code has presumably evolved to evolve; it's unclear that it's evolved to preserve information