Symmetries of genetic code-doublets
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Vol. 5 (4) , 327-332
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01732219
Abstract
The fact that 64 base triplets code only about 20 essential amino acids implies a strong degeneracy of certain base doublets. It is shown that the set of degenerate base doublets and the set of non degenerate base doublets are highly structured. A mathematical formalism is introduced which allows a systematic description of the consequences of an exchange of bases in a doublet. By this formalism it is shown that the two mentioned sets have in fact the same structure.Keywords
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