Phylogenetic analysis of mutational robustness based on codon usage supports that the standard genetic code does not prefer extreme environments

Abstract The mutational robustness of the genetic code is rarely discussed in the context of biological diversity, such as codon usage and related factors, often considered as independent of the actual organism’s proteome. Here we put the living beings back to picture and use distortion as a metric...

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Main Authors: Ádám Radványi, Ádám Kun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90440-y