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A new integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes

Other Quantitative Biology 2017-03-13 v1

Abstract

Degeneracy is a salient feature of genetic codes, because there are more codons than amino acids. The conventional table for genetic codes suffers from an inability of illustrating a symmetrical nature among genetic base codes. In fact, because the conventional wisdom avoids the question, there is little agreement as to whether the symmetrical nature actually even exists. A better understanding of symmetry and an appreciation for its essential role in the genetic code formation can improve our understanding of nature coding processes. Thus, it is worth formulating a new integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes, which is presented in this paper. It could be very useful to understand the Nobel laureate Crick wobble hypothesis: how one transfer ribonucleic acid can recognize two or more synonymous codons, which is an unsolved fundamental question in biological science.

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@article{arxiv.1703.03787,
  title  = {A new integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes},
  author = {Jian-Jun Shu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.03787},
  year   = {2017}
}
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