Many alternative and theoretical genetic codes are more robust to amino acid replacements than the standard genetic code

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2018.12.030zbMath1460.92132OpenAlexW2906479384WikidataQ90720787 ScholiaQ90720787MaRDI QIDQ1717088

Małgorzata Wnętrzak, Przemysław Gagat, Paweł Mackiewicz, Paweł Błażej, Dorota Mackiewicz

Publication date: 6 February 2019

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.12.030

zbMATH Keywords

optimizationmutationamino acidstandard genetic codealternative genetic codes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

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Cites Work

• The genetic code is not an optimal code in a model taking into account both the biosynthetic relationships between amino acids and their physicochemical properties
• Study of the genetic code adaptability by means of a genetic algorithm

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