Here we see the four elements that mix to create the Amino Acids of DNA Codons.
C - Water - Blue T - Fire - Orange
Cytosine - - - - Thymine - - —-
2 Broken lines One Broken one solid
A - Earth - Green G - Air - Yellow
Adenine —- - - Guanine —- —-
One Broken One Solid Two Solid Lines
This shows us that C and G are opposites and T and A are opposites.
Four elements from which to choose three letters, this makes it possible to create 64 different DNA Codons.
4 x 4 x 4 = 64 Variations on a Theme of DNA
In this game now called LEJEND you have to create a pattern with as few triangles in it as possible that contains all 64 DNA codons. They can be read forward and backward e.g. TGC can also be CGT. Palindromes only count as one as they read the same both ways e.g. TGT.
These DNA Codons once they become a triplet make amino acids as follows….
Arganine, Asparagine, Alanine, Aspartic Acid, Cysteine, Glutamic Acid, Glutamine, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, METhionine (Start), Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, STOP, Threonine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine,Valine. (21 variations)
So the aim of the game is to use as few triangles as possible to make up a pattern that contains 64 different DNA Codons without repeating a codon twice. Any number that contains all 64 codons is a win but to get down to the very least in which the game can be completed is the goal. It has been determined that 34 triangles is the very least you can expect to use. So good luck with making that pattern yourself from these DNA Codons below…….these have been reduced down from 64 to exclude any read backwards …..so TGC and CGT, we lose one of them because otherwise they would duplicate a codon. 64 become 40. Have fun with LEJEND. X
CCC CCT CTC CTT TCT TTT
CCA CCG CTA CTG TCA TCG TTA TTG
CAC CAT CGC CGT TAT TGT
CAA CAG CGA CGG TAA TAG TGA TGG
ACA ACG ATA ATG GCG GTG
AAA AAG AGA AGG GAG GGG
One version of 34 triangles. Made today x
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