We argue that a primitive genetic code with only 20 separate words explains that there are 20 coded amino acids in modern life. The existence of 64 words on the modern genetic code requires modern life to read almost exclusively one strand of DNA in one direction. In our primitive code, both the ori
Polynucleotide evolution, hypercycles and the origin of the genetic code
β Scribed by P. Schuster
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 610 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0273-1177
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