Computer-drawn faces characterizing nucleic acid sequences

Abstract

A brief introduction to a rather unorthodox computer graphics characterization of DNA sequences is presented. This visual method of data reduction is accomplished by computer-drawn faces which function as multivariate representations sensitive to regularities and irregularities of the statistical properties of the sequence of bases. Various graphical methods of representing multivariate data using icons, or symbols, have been discussed previously. The system presented here is special in that it has as its primary focus the rapid characterization of a multidimensional data series using an interactive graphics system with a variety of controlling parameters. © 1984.