Essay from the year 2008 in the subject Biology - Genetics / Gene Technology, grade: A [4.00], course: Biology, language: English, abstract: The paper will present the quaternary, or Radix 4, based numer system for use as a fundamental standard beyond the tradiational Radix 2 based number system. A greater level of compression is noted in the Radix 4 based system than the Radix 2 based system. An algorithmic compression program will be used using DNA and RNA sequential strings.