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Scientists accidentally discover a genetic code that breaks the rules of life | ScienceDaily (opens in a new tab)

sciencedaily.com · 2026-10-08

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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedScientists accidentally discovered a microscopic organism with a genetic code that breaks a rule researchers thought was nearly universal.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedWhile testing a new DNA sequencing technique, researchers examined a previously unknown protist collected from a freshwater pond at Oxford University.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedThe organism, Oligohymenophorea sp. PL0344, uses two genetic signals that normally mark the end of a gene to encode two different amino acids instead.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe article says this is the first reported example of a genetic code in which both TAA and TAG were reassigned to encode two different amino acids.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedLater research, described in the article as published in December 2024, found additional independent stop-codon reassignments in several other ciliate lineages.View evidenceHide evidence

As statedthree previously uncultivated ciliate species; two additional ciliates; at least three occasions

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Author Reply to Peer Reviews of Identification of a Non-Canonical Ciliate Nuclear Genetic Code Where UAA and UAG Code for Different Amino Acids

2023 · Crossref

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