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This article shows that some basic principles of software engineering can be applied to this ancient binary genetic code system.Īt the same time that I was looking for the most modern 3D representation of the genetic code, I was also exploring the oldest possible representation of the genetic code in existence today, finding that the I Ching of Fu-Xi, a binary and open-ended system, was already representing with precision the genetic code this 2D square representation seemed capable to make easier a storage of codon units into bits, and to be adaptable to concepts of bioinformatics.ĭue to the fact that the I Ching is the oldest antecedent of a binary system, we are going to use it in its full extent, even when we may have obtained the binaries presented here independently of it.
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The most ancient 64-grid representation seems to predate the Chinese civilization but somehow was preserved by them, representing faithfully the binary order of the genetic code through the most ancient or primeval pairs of trigrams that integrate each of the 64 hexagrams of the I Ching table, also called the Book of Changes or Book of Mutations. The four nucleotides of the genetic code: T, A, C, G have specific physicochemical properties deserving a careful analysis, as also do the codons and amino acids produced by them however, it is important to first recognize the value of binary systems in bioinformatics as applied to the DNA genetic code. The single-strand self-annealing ability of the long coding strand known as the genetic code is presented here for the first time, demonstrating the ordered sequential pairing of codons, i.e., TTT with AAA, CCC with GGG, etc., with 32 of its codons matching the remaining 32.