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Differences in assignments from those in the universal genetic code occur in codes of mitochondria. In this report, the published sequences of the mitochondrial genes for COI and ND1 in a platyhelminth (Fasciola hepatica) are examined and it is concluded that AAA may be a codon for asparagine instead of lysine, whereas AAG is the sole codon for lysine in this species.
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Ohama, T., Osawa, S., Watanabe, K. et al. Evolution of the mitochondrial genetic code IV. AAA as an asparagine codon in some animal mitochondria. J Mol Evol 30, 329–332 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02101887
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