SYMMETRY AND SYMMETRY BREAKING: AN ALGEBRAIC APPROACH TO THE GENETIC CODE

Author:

HORNOS JOSÉ EDUARDO M.1,HORNOS YVONE M. M.2,FORGER MICHAEL3

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Física e Ciências dos Materiais, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, BR-13560-970 São Carlos, S.P., Brazil

2. Serviço de Assessoria e Proteção Radiológica (SAPRA), Caixa Postal 525, BR-13560-922 São Carlos, S.P., Brazil

3. Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 66281, BR-05315-970 São Paulo, S.P., Brazil

Abstract

We give a comprehensive review of the algebraic approach to the genetic code originally proposed by two of the present authors, which aims at explaining the degeneracies encountered in the genetic code as the result of a sequence of symmetry breakings that have occurred during its evolution. We present the relevant background material from molecular biology and from mathematics, including the representation theory of (semi) simple Lie groups/algebras, together with considerations of general nature.

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

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