A supersymmetric model for the evolution of the genetic code.
A model is presented for the structure and evolution of the eukaryotic and vertebrate mitochondrial genetic codes, based on the representation theory of the Lie superalgebra A(5,0) approximately sl(6/1). A key role is played by pyrimidine and purine exchange symmetries in codon quartets.
Bashford
J D
JD
Department of Physics and Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide Adelaide, S. A. 5005, Australia.
Tsohantjis
I
I
Jarvis
P D
PD
D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008957:Models, Genetic
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial