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A molecular model of the interaction between mononucleotides and polyamino-acids predicts the glycine codon GGG, and suggests RNA evolved before DNA.
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LACEY, J., PRUITT, K. Origin of the Genetic Code. Nature 223, 799–804 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223799a0
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