The Hypercube Structure of the Genetic Code Explains Conservative and Non-Conservative Aminoacid Substitutions in vivo and in vitro

Miguel A. Jimenez-Montano, Carlos R. de la Mora-Basanez, Thorsten Poeschel

A representation of the genetic code as a six-dimensional Boolean hypercube is described. This structure is the result of the hierarchical order of the interaction energies of the…