Ryo Sakai and Jan Aerts from the Bioinformatics/Data Visualization Lab at KULeuven created a data-driven sculpture representing inbreeding in a particular chicken. Each loop in the sculpture represents a chromosome. On the outside is a histogram of the heterozygosity of the DNA; the inside a histogram of the homozygosity in that region. These sculptures are part of the Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, and have been presented at the Art Biennale in Venice.
Source: Text and images from Jan Aerts.
Added by: Pierre Dragicevic, sent by: Jan Aerts.
Category:
Passive physical visualization
Tags:
3d printing, bio-engineering, digital fabrication, dna, science