// The class contructor given a DNA string.
public DNA(string action, Tuple <int, int> origin, string dna)
{
this.dna = new List <Nucleotide>();
List <Nucleobases> nucleobases = Nucleobase.ToDNA(dna);
for (int i = 0; i < nucleobases.Count; i++)
{
this.dna.Add(new Nucleotide(action, origin, i, nucleobases[i]));
}
}
// Constructs a section of DNA sequence
public static List <Nucleotide> ToNucleotides(string action, Tuple <int, int> origin, int position, string dna)
{
List <Nucleotide> nucleotides = new List <Nucleotide>();
List <Nucleobases> nucleobases = Nucleobase.ToDNA(dna);
for (int i = 0; i < nucleobases.Count; i++)
{
nucleotides.Add(new Nucleotide(action, origin, position + i, nucleobases[i]));
}
return(nucleotides);
}
// A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP).
// Replaces a single nucleobase (or nucleotide) within
// an existing gene with a different nucleobase.
private static void Snip(int speciesId, int geneId, int index, string dna)
{
int i = GeneIndex(speciesId, geneId);
genes[i].Dna.Dna[index].Nucleobase = Nucleobase.ToDNA(dna)[0];
}