p-Adic Structure of the Genetic Code

@article{Dragovich2011pAdicSO,
  title={p-Adic Structure of the Genetic Code},
  author={Branko Dragovich},
  journal={Neuroquantology},
  year={2011},
  volume={9}
}
The genetic code is connection between 64 codons, which are building blocks of the genes, and 20 amino acids, which are building blocks of the proteins. In addition to coding amino acids, a few codons code stop signal, which is at the end of genes, i.e. it terminates process of protein synthesis. This article is a review of simple modelling of the genetic code and related subjects by concept of p-adic distance. It also contains some new results. In particular, the article presents appropriate… 
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