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The Universal Genetic Code & Wobble Decoding (2D)

Interactive 2D codon table: pick any of the 64 mRNA codons that make up the universal genetic code shared by all life, see which amino acid it encodes, and explore which codons a tRNA anticodon can decode under Crick's wobble hypothesis.

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All known cellular life — bacteria, plants, animals, archaea — reads the same 64-codon table to translate mRNA into protein, one of the strongest pieces of evidence for a single Last Universal Common Ancestor. This 2D companion renders that table as a flat, fully labeled codon grid colored by the amino acid's biochemical class, and adds a dedicated wobble-decoder mode: choose a tRNA anticodon and watch exactly which codons Crick's wobble hypothesis says it can pair with, computed live from the same codon table so the decoded set is always genuinely correct — the real mechanism that makes the genetic code redundant instead of needing 64 different tRNAs.

⚙ Under the hood

Explore the 64-codon table shared by all life as an interactive 2D codon grid: pick any mRNA codon, see the amino acid it encodes, its synonymous-codon count, and which tRNA anticodon wobble bases can still pair with it under Crick's wobble hypothesis. Includes a dedicated wobble-decoder mode that computes, live, exactly which codons a chosen anticodon can translate.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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