The genetic code: What is it good for? An analysis of the effects of selection pressures on genetic codes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-550

  Judson, Olivia P ^a   Haydon, Daniel ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Flexibility; Genetic algorithm; Mitochondria; Mutation; Optimality; Robustness; Translation error minimization; Translational fidelity; Universal genetic code

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SELECTION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0033278748     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006575     Document Type: Article

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