Genome Quilts, Beverly St. Clair

Genome Quilts

Beverly St. Clair has originated a way of encoding genetic information in quilt designs. The four bases in DNA are represented as follows:

AdenineAAquilt square
CytosineCCquilt square
GuanineGGquilt square
ThymineTTquilt square

Thus, the base sequence,

GATCGCCCTT

becomes

a single row of quilt squares

and

GATCGCCCTT
TCCAACAGTT
GCGCAGCCCT

becomes

three rows of quilt squares

Learn more about the origin of the genome quilt design.