The Genetic Code (genetic_code.ini)

The mapping between the bit string representation of instructions in a cell's genome and the instructions listed in Section A.2 is defined in the file genetic_code.ini. The format of the file is shown in Figure A.1.

  

Figure A.1: Format of the genetic_code.ini file.

Note that the file must contain a mapping for each of the 64 six-bit codons (although they do not have to be listed in any particular order). It is permitted for multiple codons to point to the same instruction; if this is the case, fewer than 64 instructions are therefore available for organisms to use.