Team:Cambridge/Bioluminescence/Bacterial Codon optimisation

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One of the fascinating features of life is the '''universal genetic code'''.  In all known organisms, from bacteria to man, the same triplets of DNA bases code for the same amino acids.  However this does not mean that all species encode their genomes in exactly the same way.   
One of the fascinating features of life is the '''universal genetic code'''.  In all known organisms, from bacteria to man, the same triplets of DNA bases code for the same amino acids.  However this does not mean that all species encode their genomes in exactly the same way.   

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