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The a) smaller amino acids were added earlier to the genetic code. LUCA clan usage is from Table 1. In b), glutamine (Q) and asparagine (N) are omitted because the tRNA is charged with glutamate and aspartate, respectively, from which Q or N are produced while bound to tRNA. LysRS-I is presumed to precede LysRS-II, and CysRS to precede SepRS. The squared inverse of the LUCA usage SE values (shown as error bars from Table 1) were used for the “weights’ argument in the lm() function within the “stats” package in R, to produce the R2 and P-values for weighted model 1 regression lines, with 95% CI shading. -- Genetics

Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics

The Series of Genetic Codes That Preceded Our Own

by Keith CowingNovember 9, 2026November 9, 2026

[Genetics] We produce a working hypothesis for the steps by which the canonical genetic code might have been constructed.