[Taxacom] [Taxacom Digest] Phylogenetic Game
Simon Mayo
simonjosephmayo at hotmail.co.uk
Sat Dec 11 13:31:12 CST 2010
"Classification rather than systematization. Demarcating groups rather
than causal explanations."
Well...not rather than, just as well as and prior to causal explanations. All cladograms are based on patterns surely?
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> 1. Re: Phylogenetic Game (Simon Mayo)
> 2. Re: Phylogenetic Game (J. Kirk Fitzhugh)
> 3. Re: Phylogenetic Game (John Grehan)
> 4. Re: Phylogenetic Game (J. Kirk Fitzhugh)
> 5. Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) released
> (Peter Desmet)
> 6. Re: Checklist of World Grasses [URL fixed] (Erik Rijkers)
> 7. Zootaxa 2713-2719 on Wikispecies (Stephen Thorpe)
> 8. Interciencia journal from Caracas (Geoff Read)
> 9. Re: Phylogenetic Game (Jim Croft)
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> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 18:12:39 +0000
> From: Simon Mayo <simonjosephmayo at hotmail.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
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> Dear Peter,
>
> Idealistic morphology rears its head again in a new guise! Phylogeny is only interpretation of patterns ....
>
> Simon Mayo
>
> > From: taxacom-request at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> > Subject: Taxacom Digest, Vol 57, Issue 9
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> > 1. protection of specimens (Vlastimil Mikolas)
> > 2. Re: protection of specimens (Hans Henderickx)
> > 3. Checklist of World Grasses (Simon Bryan)
> > 4. Phylogenetic Game (Peter Stevens)
> > 5. Re: Phylogenetic Game (John Grehan)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 20:26:10 +0100
> > From: Vlastimil Mikolas <dolomiticola at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Taxacom] protection of specimens
> > To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> > Dear Taxacomers,
> > I have many herb. specimens from Slovakia and adjacent Europe, including
> > many tax. critical taxa (all determined), however I have not enough of money
> > fo payment of rents of rooms with specimens. If you have interest in
> > specimens and can slightly to help me, write me. Many thanks !
> > Cordial best,
> > Vlastimil
> >
> > --
> > Vlastimil MIKOLAS
> > Hanojska 4
> > SK-040 13 KOSICE
> > Slovakia
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 20:56:58 +0100
> > From: "Hans Henderickx" <cavexplorer at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Taxacom] protection of specimens
> > To: "Vlastimil Mikolas" <dolomiticola at gmail.com>,
> > <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> > Message-ID: <4F8B815CC2AB491C975F77C0DF7D47F5 at cavex76040a5ab>
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> > That is interesting, Vlastimil. Than why did you collect them?
> > Hans
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:13:22 +1000
> > From: "Simon Bryan" <bryan.simon at derm.qld.gov.au>
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Checklist of World Grasses
> > To: <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
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> > A check-list of currently accepted species of grasses of the world can
> > be found at the GrassWorld Scratchpad
> > http://grassworld.myspecies.info/content/check-list-world-grasses
> > The first list includes authors, place of publication and TDWG Level 1
> > distributions (Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia,
> > Australasia, Pacific, North America, South America, Antarctic.) and
> > classification, where subfamilies, tribes and genera follow GPWG and
> > subsequent grass taxonomic literature.
> > Lists of each Continental Region follow, with TDWG Level 3 distributions
> > indicated. Distributional information has been gleaned from the
> > agrostological literature, the Kew SYNON access database and TROPICOS.
> > Feedback from users would be much appreciated in cases where information
> > is noted to be incorrect or where different distributional information
> > from that given in this check-list is known. Exchange of such
> > information can be placed in the Forums section of the GrassWorld
> > Scratchpad.
> > It is possible to provide a list of grasses to interested parties of any
> > country of the world or region of larger countries (Russia, China,
> > India, USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Australia, South
> > Africa) where this information is available.
> > Bryan Simon
> > Principal Botanist
> > Queensland Herbarium
> > DERM, Brisbane Botanic Gardens
> > Mt Coot-tha, Toowong, Qld 4066
> > Australia
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > +----------------------------------------------------------------+
> > Think B4U Print
> > 1 ream of paper = 6% of a tree and 5.4kg CO2 in the atmosphere
> > 3 sheets of A4 paper = 1 litre of water
> > +----------------------------------------------------------------+
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:02:09 -0600
> > From: Peter Stevens <peter.stevens at mobot.org>
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> > To: TAXACOM <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> > Message-ID: <C8CF6F50-1BB9-4DBD-836D-8A0FB85468D7 at mobot.org>
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> >
> > Note that "Players don't need to understand (or even care about)
> > phylogenetics."
> >
> > P.
> >
> > Subject: Phylogenetics game
> >
> > December 2, 2010 | A pattern-matching puzzle created by
> > bioinformaticians at McGill University lets players sort genetic
> > code. The game, called Phylo, takes advantage of the human brain's
> > efficiency at recognizing and sorting patterns to tackle multiple
> > sequence alignments.
> >
> > Aligning genetic sequences is traditionally done computationally, but
> > what is a huge computational problem, is a bit easier for the human
> > brain. ?There are some calculations that the human brain does more
> > efficiently than any computer can, such as recognizing a face,?
> > explained lead researcher J?r?me Waldispuhl of the School of Computer
> > Science in a McGill press release. ?Recognizing and sorting the
> > patterns in the human genetic code falls in that category."
> >
> > Players don't start from scratch, but instead refine data that has
> > already been aligned. "By taking data which has already been aligned
> > by a heuristic algorithm, we allow the user to optimize where the
> > algorithm may have failed," the game creators explain on the site.
> >
> > All alignments were made available through UCSC Genome Browser and
> > contain sections of human DNA which have been speculated to be linked
> > to various genetic disorders, such as breast cancer. Every alignment
> > is received, analyzed, and stored in a database, where it will
> > eventually be re-introduced back into the global alignment as an
> > optimization. Players can choose which disease they'd like to work
> > on, or be assigned to a random level.
> >
> > Players don't need to understand (or even care about) phylogenetics
> > though. Rather than strings of As, Ts, Cs, and Gs, players align four
> > colored squares on a grid. Each row of colors represents a sequence
> > from a certain species. Sequences can be moved horizontally and
> > spaced out, but not rearranged or deleted. The goal is to line up
> > columns of colors that represent alignments between the two or more
> > sequences. There will, of course, be gaps in sequences and spots
> > where the two rows don't match. The goal is to find the best tradeoff
> > between aligning color and creating gaps. Players try to manually
> > find the best alignment and beat the computer's original alignment
> > score. The first level aligns two sequences, and sequences are added
> > as players advance.
> >
> > Researchers released the game on Monday after testing. They hope the
> > create a Facebook, iPhone, and Android application versions of the
> > game. Until then, Phylo can be played at http://phylo.cs.mcgill.ca
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:20:33 -0500
> > From: "John Grehan" <jgrehan at sciencebuff.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> > To: "TAXACOM" <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> > Message-ID:
> > <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990200F0CB at bmsmail.sciencebuff.org>
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> >
> > This just goes to show that molecular phylogenetics is nothing more than a 'game'. Something I have suspected for a long time.
> >
> > John Grehan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Stevens
> > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 12:02 PM
> > To: TAXACOM
> > Subject: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> >
> > Note that "Players don't need to understand (or even care about)
> > phylogenetics."
> >
> > P.
> >
> > Subject: Phylogenetics game
> >
> > December 2, 2010 | A pattern-matching puzzle created by
> > bioinformaticians at McGill University lets players sort genetic
> > code. The game, called Phylo, takes advantage of the human brain's
> > efficiency at recognizing and sorting patterns to tackle multiple
> > sequence alignments.
> >
> > Aligning genetic sequences is traditionally done computationally, but
> > what is a huge computational problem, is a bit easier for the human
> > brain. "There are some calculations that the human brain does more
> > efficiently than any computer can, such as recognizing a face,"
> > explained lead researcher J?r?me Waldispuhl of the School of Computer
> > Science in a McGill press release. "Recognizing and sorting the
> > patterns in the human genetic code falls in that category."
> >
> > Players don't start from scratch, but instead refine data that has
> > already been aligned. "By taking data which has already been aligned
> > by a heuristic algorithm, we allow the user to optimize where the
> > algorithm may have failed," the game creators explain on the site.
> >
> > All alignments were made available through UCSC Genome Browser and
> > contain sections of human DNA which have been speculated to be linked
> > to various genetic disorders, such as breast cancer. Every alignment
> > is received, analyzed, and stored in a database, where it will
> > eventually be re-introduced back into the global alignment as an
> > optimization. Players can choose which disease they'd like to work
> > on, or be assigned to a random level.
> >
> > Players don't need to understand (or even care about) phylogenetics
> > though. Rather than strings of As, Ts, Cs, and Gs, players align four
> > colored squares on a grid. Each row of colors represents a sequence
> > from a certain species. Sequences can be moved horizontally and
> > spaced out, but not rearranged or deleted. The goal is to line up
> > columns of colors that represent alignments between the two or more
> > sequences. There will, of course, be gaps in sequences and spots
> > where the two rows don't match. The goal is to find the best tradeoff
> > between aligning color and creating gaps. Players try to manually
> > find the best alignment and beat the computer's original alignment
> > score. The first level aligns two sequences, and sequences are added
> > as players advance.
> >
> > Researchers released the game on Monday after testing. They hope the
> > create a Facebook, iPhone, and Android application versions of the
> > game. Until then, Phylo can be played at http://phylo.cs.mcgill.ca
> >
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:21:55 -0800
> From: "J. Kirk Fitzhugh" <kfitzhugh at nhm.org>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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>
> "Pattern" cladists will love it, as it has nothing at all to do with
> phylogenetics, much less science.
>
> On 12/10/2010 9:02 AM, Peter Stevens wrote:
> > Note that "Players don't need to understand (or even care about)
> > phylogenetics."
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:28:31 -0500
> From: "John Grehan" <jgrehan at sciencebuff.org>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> To: <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Message-ID:
> <26DA12164B238549B6D89A2F2A8EE7990200F0F1 at bmsmail.sciencebuff.org>
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> What is the criterion being presented here for a "pattern" cladist.
>
> John Grehan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of J. Kirk
> Fitzhugh
> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 1:22 PM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
>
> "Pattern" cladists will love it, as it has nothing at all to do with
> phylogenetics, much less science.
>
> On 12/10/2010 9:02 AM, Peter Stevens wrote:
> > Note that "Players don't need to understand (or even care about)
> > phylogenetics."
>
>
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:38:55 -0800
> From: "J. Kirk Fitzhugh" <kfitzhugh at nhm.org>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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>
> Classification rather than systematization. Demarcating groups rather
> than causal explanations.
>
> On 12/10/2010 10:28 AM, John Grehan wrote:
> > What is the criterion being presented here for a "pattern" cladist.
> >
> > John Grehan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> > [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of J. Kirk
> > Fitzhugh
> > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 1:22 PM
> > To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> > Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> >
> > "Pattern" cladists will love it, as it has nothing at all to do with
> > phylogenetics, much less science.
> >
> > On 12/10/2010 9:02 AM, Peter Stevens wrote:
> >> Note that "Players don't need to understand (or even care about)
> >> phylogenetics."
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:11:05 -0500
> From: Peter Desmet <peter.desmet at umontreal.ca>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN)
> released
> To: Taxacom mailing list <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
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> *Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) released* (Fran?ais
> ci-apr?s)
>
> Canadensys announces the release of VASCAN, the Database of Vascular Plants
> of Canada, a comprehensive list of all vascular plants reported in Canada,
> Greenland (Denmark) and Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France).
>
> http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/
>
> Canadensys is a Canada-wide effort to unlock the biodiversity information
> held in biological collections. The network currently includes biological
> collections from 11 participating universities, five botanical gardens, and
> two museums, covering insects, fungi and plants. The network is operated
> from the Biodiversity Centre, Universit? de Montr?al.
>
> The goal of VASCAN is to provide an up-to-date, documented source of the
> names of vascular plants in Canada, Greenland, and Saint Pierre and
> Miquelon, both scientific and vernacular. For every species, subspecies and
> variety, VASCAN provides the accepted scientific name (Latin), the accepted
> French and English vernacular names, and their synonyms/alternatives in
> Canada. The distribution status (native, introduced, etc.) of the plant for
> each province or territory, and the habit (tree, shrub, herb or vine) of the
> plant in Canada are given. Maps at the provincial/territorial level are
> provided with an indication of status. For reported hybrids (nothotaxa or
> hybrid formulas), the parents also are provided. A source is given for each
> name, classification and distribution information (still being completed).
> All taxa are linked to a classification. The following were used: Smith et
> al. (2006) for ferns, APG III (2009) for flowering plants, and Chase and
> Reveal (2009) for the higher taxonomy.
>
> It is possible to generate lists in VASCAN using the Checklist builder tool.
> Data can be downloaded from VASCAN under the Creative Commons (BY-NC)
> license.
>
> Brouillet, L., F. Coursol, M. Favreau & M. Anions (compilers). 2010+ VASCAN,
> the Database of Vascular Plants of Canada.
> http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/
>
> For information: http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/about
>
> ---
>
> *Publication de la Base de donn?es des Plantes Vasculaires du Canada
> (VASCAN)*
>
> Canadensys annonce la publication de VASCAN, la Base de donn?es des Plantes
> Vasculaires du Canada, une liste compl?te des plantes vasculaires
> identifi?es au Canada, au Gro?nland (Danemark) et ? Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
> (France).
>
> http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/?lang=fr
>
> Canadensys est un projet pancanadien visant ? rendre l?information contenue
> dans les collections biologiques accessible ? tous. Pour l?instant le
> r?seau comprend les collections biologiques de 11 universit?s participantes,
> cinq jardins botaniques et deux mus?es, comprenant les insectes, les
> champignons et les plantes. Le r?seau est g?r? par le Centre sur la
> biodiversit?, Universit? de Montr?al.
>
> Le but de VASCAN est de fournir une source ? jour, document?e des noms des
> plantes vasculaires du Canada, du Gro?nland, et de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon,
> tant scientifiques que vernaculaires. Pour chaque esp?ce, sous-esp?ce ou
> vari?t?, VASCAN fournit le nom scientifique accept? (latin), les noms
> vernaculaires fran?ais et anglais accept?s, et les synonymes/noms
> alternatifs au Canada. Nous donnons le statut de r?partition (indig?ne,
> introduit, etc.) de la plante dans chaque province ou territoire, et le port
> (arbre, arbuste, herbac?e ou vigne) de la plante au Canada. Nous fournissons
> une carte de r?partition par province/territoire avec indication du statut
> pour chaque taxon. Pour les hybrides (nothotaxons ou formules hybrides),
> nous donnons les parents. Nous fournissons une source pour tous les noms et
> les informations concernant la classification et la r?partition (en
> compl?tion). Tous les taxons sont li?s ? une classification. Nous suivons
> Smith et al. (2006) (2006) pour les foug?res et plantes alli?es, APG III
> (2009) pour les plantes ? fleur et Chase et Reveal (2009) pour la taxonomie
> sup?rieure.
>
> VASCAN permet de g?n?rer des listes de taxons selon divers crit?res
> (r?partition, port, etc.). Il est possible de t?l?charger les donn?es de
> VASCAN sous licence Creative Commons (BY-NC).
>
> Brouillet, L., F. Coursol, M. Favreau & M. Anions (compilateurs). 2010+.
> VASCAN, la Base de donn?es des Plantes Vasculaires du Canada.
> http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/
>
> Pour information: http://data.canadensys.net/vascan/about?lang=fr
>
>
> --
> Peter Desmet
> Biodiversity Informatics Manager / Directeur de l'informatique de la
> biodiversit?
> Biodiversity Centre / Centre sur la biodiversit?
> Canadensys - www.canadensys.net
>
> Institut de recherche en biologie v?g?tale
> Universit? de Montr?al
> 4101 rue Sherbrooke est
> Montr?al, Qu?bec, H1X2B2
> Canada
>
> T?l? / Phone: 514-343-6111 #82354
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:30:45 +0100
> From: "Erik Rijkers" <er at xs4all.nl>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Checklist of World Grasses [URL fixed]
> To: "Simon Bryan" <bryan.simon at derm.qld.gov.au>
> Cc: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Message-ID:
> <805fbfb890a58648fa1c7e492afa0240.squirrel at webmail.xs4all.nl>
> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
>
> On Fri, December 10, 2010 04:13, Simon Bryan wrote:
> > A check-list of currently accepted species of grasses of the world can
> > be found at the GrassWorld Scratchpad
> > http://grassworld.myspecies.info/content/check-list-world-grasses
>
>
> "Page not found
> The requested page could not be found. "
>
> The above url didn't work for me; this one does:
> http://grassworld.myspecies.info/content/check-list-world-grasses-december-2010
>
> or even just:
> http://grassworld.myspecies.info/
>
>
> Nice site - thanks,
>
>
> Erik Rijkers
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:02:10 -0800 (PST)
> From: Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Zootaxa 2713-2719 on Wikispecies
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> Zootaxa 2713-2719 on Wikispecies:
> http://species.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Stho002/notepad&oldid=1051174
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:25:36 +1300 (NZDT)
> From: "Geoff Read" <gread at actrix.gen.nz>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Interciencia journal from Caracas
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
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> Hi,
>
> I'm uncertain if Interciencia (ISSN 0378-1844) is now solely electronic
> publication, as their web pages are unclear on whether hard copy is still
> produced. Can anyone help? I can ask them directly but hopefully someone
> on the list will know.
>
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/interciencia/oclc/55102200
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> http://www.interciencia.org
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> Thanks,
>
> Geoff Read
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:56:48 +1100
> From: Jim Croft <jim.croft at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] Phylogenetic Game
> To: Peter Stevens <peter.stevens at mobot.org>
> Cc: TAXACOM <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
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> Neither do taxonomists, nor TaxaCom ;)
>
> Jim
>
> On Saturday, December 11, 2010, Peter Stevens <peter.stevens at mobot.org> wrote:
> > Note that "Players don't need to understand (or even care about)
> > phylogenetics."
> >
> > P.
> >
> > Subject: Phylogenetics game
> >
> > December 2, 2010 | A pattern-matching puzzle created by
> > bioinformaticians at McGill University lets players sort genetic
> > code. The game, called Phylo, takes advantage of the human brain's
> > efficiency at recognizing and sorting patterns to tackle multiple
> > sequence alignments.
> >
> > Aligning genetic sequences is traditionally done computationally, but
> > what is a huge computational problem, is a bit easier for the human
> > brain. ?There are some calculations that the human brain does more
> > efficiently than any computer can, such as recognizing a face,?
> > explained lead researcher J?r?me Waldispuhl of the School of Computer
> > Science in a McGill press release. ?Recognizing and sorting the
> > patterns in the human genetic code falls in that category."
> >
> > Players don't start from scratch, but instead refine data that has
> > already been aligned. "By taking data which has already been aligned
> > by a heuristic algorithm, we allow the user to optimize where the
> > algorithm may have failed," the game creators explain on the site.
> >
> > All alignments were made available through UCSC Genome Browser and
> > contain sections of human DNA which have been speculated to be linked
> > to various genetic disorders, such as breast cancer. Every alignment
> > is received, analyzed, and stored in a database, where it will
> > eventually be re-introduced back into the global alignment as an
> > optimization. Players can choose which disease they'd like to work
> > on, or be assigned to a random level.
> >
> > Players don't need to understand (or even care about) phylogenetics
> > though. Rather than strings of As, Ts, Cs, and Gs, players align four
> > colored squares on a grid. Each row of colors represents a sequence
> > from a certain species. Sequences can be moved horizontally and
> > spaced out, but not rearranged or deleted. The goal is to line up
> > columns of colors that represent alignments between the two or more
> > sequences. There will, of course, be gaps in sequences and spots
> > where the two rows don't match. The goal is to find the best tradeoff
> > between aligning color and creating gaps. Players try to manually
> > find the best alignment and beat the computer's original alignment
> > score. The first level aligns two sequences, and sequences are added
> > as players advance.
> >
> > Researchers released the game on Monday after testing. They hope the
> > create a Facebook, iPhone, and Android application versions of the
> > game. Until then, Phylo can be played at http://phylo.cs.mcgill.ca
> >
> >
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