To use the codon chart, for example, if the first codon position contains uracil (U), the second contains adenine (A), and the third contains cytosine (C), the resulting codon, UAC, represents the amino acid tyrosine. Here is the list of the 20 amino acids, along with their three-le...
The amino acid coded for can be checked on a codon chart, like the one below. To properly read the chart below, start in the center with your first base, move outward to the second, and then your third base will be the outer ring; be careful to select the correct letter for the ...
The chart to the right is extracted from the footnoted Koonin/Novozhilov study and expresses those authors’ visualization of this penultimate concept. I don’t agree with those authors’ study conclusions but I applaud their boldness, career risk, and critical path work on this matter. Click o...