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Genetic coding theory: Multiple mitochondrial genetic codes
Author(s) -
Findley A. M.,
Findley G. L.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560260714
Subject(s) - genetic code , mitochondrial dna , computational biology , genetics , context (archaeology) , biology , mitochondrion , coding (social sciences) , evolutionary biology , gene , mathematics , paleontology , statistics
Abstract The generalized genetic code is applied to alternative codings recently derived from studies of mitochondrial protein synthesis. It is argued that mitochondrial protein synthesis is comprised of a class of biological contexts, rather than a single biological context, and that there exist, therefore, multiple mitochondrial genetic codes. The evolutionary implications of multiple mitochondrial genetic codes are discussed.