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. 1975 May;72(5):1909–1912. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.5.1909

A Co-Evolution Theory of the Genetic Code

J Tze-Fei Wong 1
PMCID: PMC432657  PMID: 1057181

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.

Keywords: amino-acid biosynthesis, prebiotic pathways, tRNA

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