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A notion of quasi-ergodicity is defined in free monoids, generalizing a notion introduced in a previous paper (Rosen, 1959,Bull. Math. Biophysics,21, 71–95). It is shown that under certain conditions the algebraic properties of quasi-ergodicity are very similar to those derived for the more specialized concept inloc. cit. If it is assumed that the DNA-protein coding processes in nature are of a quasi-ergodic nature, then a condition is specified under which only a finite number of different DNA-protein codes are possible, and an upper bound for the total number of different quasi-ergodic codes is obtained.
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Rosen, R. 1959. “The DNA-Protein Coding Problem.”Bull. Math. Biophysics,21, 71–95.
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Rosen, R. Some further comments on the DNA-protein coding problem. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 21, 289–297 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02477917
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02477917