Linguistics may help us to understand some 'strangeness' of the genetic code

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Sep 5, 2023, 9:04 pm179 pts
Linguists have developed the comparison of the genetic code with language where nucleotides act as letters, and introduced the concept of "a semiotic nucleotide"—the minimal element that makes it possible to distinguish between codons—coding units of DNA. According to this approach, the biochemical…

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