The genetic code is one in a million

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 238-248

  Freeland, Stephen J ^a   Hurst, Laurence D ^b  

^a Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error minimization; Evolution; Genetic code; Mistranslation; Natural selection; Transition transversion bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CODON; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POINT MUTATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINO ACIDS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031662136     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006381     Document Type: Article

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