The “universal” genetic code
(which, by the way, isn't completely universal*)
This table shows all the codons and their corresponding amino acids.
*There are some exceptions, for example in certain organelles and bacteria.
Basic Concepts
- Basic Concepts - Contents
- Nuclear and other genomes
- From DNA to protein: transcription and translation
- The “universal” genetic code
- “Wobble” in the code
- Key background concept: genome structure
- Splicing
- Starting and stopping
- Key background concept: higher order structure
- Levels and types of genome variation
- Mechanisms of generating genetic diversity
- Finding genes: cDNA
- Genetic mapping
- Comparative mapping
- Syntenic relationships
- Definition: synteny and collinear
- Macrosynteny vs. microsynteny
- Comparing gene function and relationships
- Definitions in comparative genomics: orthology vs.
- Orthologs
- Methods/criteria for identifying orthologs
- Orthologs & Synteny
- Identifying orthologs via computation
- Single nucleotide polymorphisms
- Comparing protein sequences
- Amino acid translations
- Gene expression
- Resources and more information
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