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Evolution of the genetic code. Emergence of stop codons

Populations and Evolution 2007-11-01 v1 Biomolecules

Abstract

What could cause the emergence of non-encoding codons in the course of evolution of the genetic code? Hypothesis of evolution of the genetic code from GC to the AGUC-alphabet account for existence of stop codons.

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@article{arxiv.0710.5825,
  title  = {Evolution of the genetic code. Emergence of stop codons},
  author = {Denis A. Semenov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5825},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 tables

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