Research Work Streams
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Active “Research Work Streams” are here: 2
Research Work Stream 00 - Introduction to DNA
Research Work Stream 01 - The Structure of DNA
Research Work Stream 02 - DNA as a Serial Datastream
Research Work Stream 03 - The Cell (& its “Functional Equivalences”)
Research Work Stream 04 - The Genome
Research Work Stream 05 - Chromosomes
Research Work Stream 06 - Genes
Research Work Stream 07 - The Central Dogma of DNA
Research Work Stream 08 - Codons
Research Work Stream 09 - The Ribosomes
Research Work Stream 10 - Why DNA varies so little between species
Research Work Stream 11 - The DNA Scheduler(s)
Research Work Stream 12 - Mutations & Adaptation
Research Work Stream 13 - Linearity & Circularity
Research Work Stream 14 - DNA in the Wild…
Research Work Stream 15 - Does Mitochondrial DNA have a “hidden purpose/function” ?
Research Work Stream 16 - The “Magic Numbers” in DNA…
Research Work Stream 17 - Why DNA Data would benefit from “Requirements Engineering”, etc
In Research Work Streams 02, 06, 07 & 08, DHRF has found some astounding "functional equivalences" between the well-established principles and practices of computing in the human world and between the innermost processes of the living biological cell, which is driven by DNA
DHRF has found that these “functional equivalences“ were “hiding in plain sight“ in standard biology undergraduate textbooks rather than in DNA research papers…
In Research Work Stream 09, DHRF can explain how and why DNA varies so little between species
PRESS RELEASE
“GD” Rule (a)(1): Ignore Implementation Details - Focus on Functionality
However, Research Work Stream 00 and Research Work Stream 01, are heavy on implemention detail in order to establish and understand the rationale and the context of DHRF’s later abstractions where the focus is on DNA & RNA, etc, as (biological) data structures within a Computer Science perspective…
In Research Work Stream 02, DHRF presents 3 case studies, where if you look at them from an Implemention Point-of-View you would say “they have nothing in common“ whereas looking at them from a more abstract Functionality Point-of-View, it is very clear that there is a far deeper insight, and that they all share an identical functionality as far as the content structure & characteristics of their data streams are concerned…
DHRF is working within a “Computer Science” perspective, not a “Biological” perspective3
DHRF believes that it is pioneering a new branch of Computer Science which DHRF calls “Computer Science: Computational Molecular Biology”
For the benefit of the Molecular Biologists
“Functional Equivalence” Issues
DHRF is redefining some biological terms, expressions & functionality
And where DHRF has found “functional equivalence”, there is a:
Glossary of Functional Equivalence
In addition, for management & for traceability purposes over time, there are a number of indexes
The topic headings below correspond to the numbered RED markers (and subsequent headers) in Fig 1.2 of the Scientific Method page…
Index of Descriptive Observations (1)
Index of Observations that Lead to Questions (2)
Index of Questions Asked (3)
Index of Hypotheses (4)
Index of Scientific Publications (5)
Index of Communications with Other Scientists (6)
Index of Hypotheses Tests (7)
Index of Hypotheses Revisions (8)
Index of other “Fitting Theories” (9)
Index of New Scientific Theories (10)
Index of Closed Research Streams (Resolutions)
The Use of Abstractions (Models)
Many of the images used in the Research Work Streams are abstractions (models) of reality…
The Use of “The Scientific Method”
DHRF works strictly to the “Scientific Method” and is now releasing a number of its early “Research Work Streams” into the public domain…
Why are you working on or at such a “low level” ?
DHRF knows from experience that the low-level abstractions must be correct otherwise the likelihood is that the higher levels will be “flawed”
Reading List
We are currently trawling through a number of undergraduate biology textbooks…
A blog where a simple connection between Forth & DNA is observed…
Summary
In view of DHRF’s commitment to support learning, there is a much higher “learning content” in the Research Work Streams than would otherwise be the case… Please be aware of that ↩
There are a few more in the pipeline… We are currently working under some serious contraints, potential plagiarism being a real concern ↩
In DHRF’s new Computer Science: Computational Molecular Biology Knowledge Domain Frame-of-Reference ↩