Local stability and evolution of the genetic code.

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The standard genetic code is known to be robust to translation errors and point mutations. We studied how small modifications of the standard code affect its robustness. The robustness was assessed in terms of a proper stability function, the negative variations of which correspond to a more robust code. The fraction of more robust codes obtained under small modifications appeared to be unexpectedly high, about...

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