05/16/2024
Research Article
Robust genetic codes boost evolution
Only “one in a million” possible genetic codes are as robust as the standard genetic code, but does this robustness accelerate or impede adaptive evolution? Hana Rozhoňová, Joshua Payne and colleagues use experimental data from six massively parallel sequence-to-function assays for four proteins to show that robust genetic codes enhance protein evolvability by producing smooth adaptive landscapes with few peaks. Don’t miss the related Primer.
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