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. 1975 May;72(5):1909-12.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.5.1909.

A co-evolution theory of the genetic code

J T Wong

A co-evolution theory of the genetic code

J T Wong. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1975 May.

Abstract

The theory is proposed that the structure of the genetic code was determined by the sequence of evolutionary emergence of new amino acids within the primordial biochemical system.

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