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protozoans, genetics & genomics

Protozoans Found With No Dedicated Stop Codons
Karen Zusi | Oct 1, 2016 | 3 min read
Some ciliates use the same trio of nucleotides to code for an amino acid and to stop translation.
Ciliates Are Genetic-Code Deviants
Karen Zusi | Sep 30, 2016 | 1 min read
Traditional stop codons have a double meaning in the protozoans' mRNA, sometimes calling for an amino acid during translation.
Shuffling Through Seven Sexes
Dan Cossins | Mar 28, 2013 | 1 min read
Researchers show that random rearrangement of DNA determines which of seven possible mating types the offspring of a single-celled microbe will be.
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