The Trend of Amino-Acid Gain is Consistent with a Doublet Code

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Finkel, Raphael [1 ]
Kohler, Heinz [2 ]
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[1] Univ Kentucky, Dept Comp Sci, Lexington, KY 40506 USA
[2] Univ Kentucky, Dept Microbiol & Immunol, Lexington, KY 40506 USA
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Evolution; genetic code; binary code; code capture; triplet; codons; aminoacids; EVOLUTION;
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Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The present-day genetic code, while universal, is not the result of a "frozen accident", but has evolved over time. Analysis of amino-acid frequency has recently identified amino acids that were recruited early and late into the genetic code. We use this observation to lend support to a hypothesis that the current quaternary triplet genetic code comes from an earlier quaternary doublet code, and before that from a binary singlet code.
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