Evolution of the genetic code / Syozo Osawa.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

"This publication was supported by a generous donation from the Daido Life Foundation."

Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

The genetic code-history -- The structure of the "Universal' genetic code -- Anticodon composition -- Condon usage -- Unassigned or nonsense codons -- The evolving genetic code -- Selenocysteine is coded by UGA -- RNA editing -- Origin and early evolution of the genetic code -- Amino acid composition of proteins and the genetic code.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-197) and index.