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A triplet code is where each [[Codon|codon]] (within the code), consists of three, nonoverlapping, [[Nucleotides|nuceoltides]]. A series of experiments investigating into how certain [[Insertion mutation|insertion mutations]] and [[Deletion mutation|deletion mutations]] would affect the function of the resulting [[Proteins|proteins]] | A triplet code is where each [[Codon|codon]] (within the code), consists of three, nonoverlapping, [[Nucleotides|nuceoltides]]. A series of experiments investigating into how certain [[Insertion mutation|insertion mutations]] and [[Deletion mutation|deletion mutations]] would affect the function of the resulting [[Proteins|proteins]] led by [[Francis Crick|Francis Crick]] in 1961 showed the initial evidence of the concept of a triplet code. It ruled out the idea that the nucleotides were read in overlapping reading frames, and that they were actually nonoverlapping sets of three nucleotides that would code for [[Amino acid|amino acids]], starting at AUG.<ref name="1.">Daniel L. Hartl, Maryellen Ruvolo (2011) Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes, 8th Edition. Bartlett Publishers</ref> <br> <br><references /><br> | ||
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A triplet code is where each codon (within the code), consists of three, nonoverlapping, nuceoltides. A series of experiments investigating into how certain insertion mutations and deletion mutations would affect the function of the resulting proteins led by Francis Crick in 1961 showed the initial evidence of the concept of a triplet code. It ruled out the idea that the nucleotides were read in overlapping reading frames, and that they were actually nonoverlapping sets of three nucleotides that would code for amino acids, starting at AUG.[1]
- ↑ Daniel L. Hartl, Maryellen Ruvolo (2011) Genetics: Analysis of Genes and Genomes, 8th Edition. Bartlett Publishers