Table 1.

Genetic code alterations in mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. These changes are phylogenetically independent and some of them occur more than once (adapted from [3]).

	Unassigned ➔ X	Sense ➔ Unassigned	Stop ➔ Sense	Sense ➔ Stop	Sense ➔ Sense
Mitochondrial					SerAGG ➔ Lys
	AGA ➔ Gly		UGA ➔ Trp		IleAUA ➔Met
	AGA ➔ Ser	ArgCGN ➔ UN	UAA ➔ Tyr	SerUCA ➔ Stop	LeuCUN ➔ Thr
		SerAGR ➔ UN	UAG ➔ Leu		ArgAGA ➔ Ser
	AGR ➔ Stop		UAG ➔ Ala		ArgAGG ➔ Ser
					LysAAA ➔ Asn
					ArgAGA ➔ Gly
					ArgAGG ➔ Gly
Nuclear		ArgAGA ➔ UN	UGA ➔ Trp
		IleAUA ➔ UN	UGA ➔ Cys		LeuCUG ➔ Ser
		ArgCGG ➔ UN	UAR ➔ Gln