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Picturing the genetic code

A.W.F. Edwards¹

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1. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, UK

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Received 10 August 2007 22:06 UTC; Posted 24 August 2007

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Genetics

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• Genetic code
• Venn diagrams

Abstract:

The 64 codons of the genetic code are arranged on a six-set Edwards-Venn diagram in such a way that the amino-acids are advantageously displayed.

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Myles Axton on 04 September 2007 15:52 UTC

We liked this design so much we put it on the September cover of Nature Genetics

Dr Edwards has suggested a puzzle that can be solved using his device.

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Edwards, A.W.F.. Picturing the genetic code. Available from Nature Precedings <http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npre.2007.682.1> (2007)

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