# A new integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes

**Authors:** Jian-Jun Shu

arXiv: 1703.03787 · 2017-03-13

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a new symmetrical table for genetic codes to better illustrate their inherent symmetry, potentially enhancing understanding of genetic coding and the wobble hypothesis.

## Contribution

It proposes a novel integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes, addressing limitations of conventional tables and aiding in understanding genetic symmetry and codon recognition.

## Key findings

- New symmetrical table effectively illustrates genetic code symmetry
- Provides insights into the wobble hypothesis and codon recognition
- Enhances understanding of genetic code formation

## Abstract

Degeneracy is a salient feature of genetic codes, because there are more codons than amino acids. The conventional table for genetic codes suffers from an inability of illustrating a symmetrical nature among genetic base codes. In fact, because the conventional wisdom avoids the question, there is little agreement as to whether the symmetrical nature actually even exists. A better understanding of symmetry and an appreciation for its essential role in the genetic code formation can improve our understanding of nature coding processes. Thus, it is worth formulating a new integrated symmetrical table for genetic codes, which is presented in this paper. It could be very useful to understand the Nobel laureate Crick wobble hypothesis: how one transfer ribonucleic acid can recognize two or more synonymous codons, which is an unsolved fundamental question in biological science.

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