Rosalind with Swift: Ep. 2 — Transcribing DNA into RNA

Take on Rosalind’s second coding challenge using Swift in today’s breakdown of the Rosalind Bioinformatics coding puzzles!

Welcome to the second episode of our journey into the world of bioinformatics with Swift. In this installment, we’re going to tackle a fundamental biological process: transcribing DNA into RNA. This challenge is a part of Rosalind.info’s problem set and is designed to familiarize us with the conversion of a DNA sequence into its RNA counterpart using Swift.

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Understanding the Problem

To set the stage, it’s crucial to comprehend the significance of this biological process. In the previous challenge, we counted nucleotides in DNA. Now, we’re dealing with the conversion of DNA to RNA. RNA (Ribose Nucleic Acid) is a vital molecule with structural differences from DNA, including the presence of uracil (‘U’) instead of thymine (‘T’). The conversion of DNA to RNA is a central step…