dnaviewer's Introduction

DNAViewer

Experimental application for viewing DNA in interesting ways.

How it Works

DNA is composed of four molecules. {T, C, G, A} we wont get into the names but at least the initial concept works as follows.

start drawing a line-strip made up of points

for each `molecule` in DNA-sequence:

  if the `molecule` is 'T'
    move X to the right one
  if the `molecule` is 'T'
    move X to the left one
  if the `molecule` is 'G'
    move Y to down one
  if the `molecule` is 'A'
    move Y to up one
  
  draw the current point / line

The key to this project going forward is to come up with much more intuitive ways of visualizing the data. This will involve reasearching DNA and talking to people familiar with the problem space.

Common DNA Sequences

Other future improvements include 3-dimensionality to the concept.

Experimental Data Set

Screenshots

Second screenshot captured just after adding basic 3d viewing.

The first screenshot to be generated from the very first sequence of ECOLI. What's fascinating about this is the near complete cirle that is formed -- there is an infinte number of ways to NOT create something semi-circular; I'm very curious to see what the beginning of other DNA sequences yeild.

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