Tag: codon
The Genius of Alternative Reading Frames
This is amazing! Here we have multiple meanings being read from one stretch of digital code.
Puppy Dog Eyes for Darwin
A study in PNAS has gotten tons of affectionate press, probably because puppies are so darned cute.
#9 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Genetic Code Complexity Just Tripled
“Higher-order genetic codes” — what a concept! Actually, ID advocates like Jonathan Wells have been talking about this for years.
The Nylonase Story: How Unusual Is That?
Yesterday, I described how some biologists claim that the enzyme nylonase demonstrates that it is easy to get new functional proteins.
Genetic Code Complexity Just Tripled
If natural selection would have a hard time modifying one codon, imagine it having to keep track of three at once.