The genetics of a marine protozoan may overturn one of the long-held tenets of protein synthesis. According to conventional wisdom, the genetic code is unambiguous: each DNA triplet, or codon, ...

As wildly diverse as life on Earth is—whether it’s a jaguar hunting down a deer in the Amazon, an orchid vine spiraling around a tree in the Congo, primitive cells growing in boiling hot springs in ...

This release is available in German. Texts without spaces are not very legible, as they make it very difficult for the reader to identify where a word begins and where it ends. When genetic ...

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

Philologist of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University proposed to present the genetic code as a language with its alphabet, grammar, and lexicon. His model is based on the importance of the context: ...