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logo issue: not right handed DNA

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laurent.lacroix ▴ 30

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Hi, if the blue and green strand on the bioconductor logo are meant to represent a DNA helix, the helix is left handed whereas a DNA helix is right handed.

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Martin Morgan 25k

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Yeah, I guess it's meant to symbolize double-stranded DNA, and yeah, thinking about the implied geometry, the helix is probably left-handed! Congrats on spotting this, the first to do so (publicly) in about 8 years! Maybe this represents the imperfect world in which we as scientists struggle?

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Well, at least we got the major/minor groove right.

ADD REPLY • link 6.3 years ago Aaron Lun ★ 28k