koisland/abcmodel

ABC model visualizer describing flower development with Tkinter UI.

ABC Model

I built this script for fun after noticing that that the class genes in the ABC Model slides in EEMB 157CL look really similar to the buttons used in Python's Tkinter module. It seemed like an easy fit and an interactive way to learn the ABC Model. I also figured that it wouldn't be too difficult to figure out an algorithm to predict what a perfect flower would look like if one disabled a given set of genes.

About

1. A grid that that prints ABC gene expression as a list in the python console.

   • This is used to generate the tkinter grid in (4).

2. An set of conditions that divides the top (B) and bottom (A and C) of the ABC model.

   • It goes through possible item combinations from (3) and updates the console grid.
   • Why divide them? Each level has different rules.
     • Top genes can only be B or - while bottom genes can be A, C, or -.

3. A simple GUI with 4 whorl buttons and 3 gene buttons. These inputs disable gene expression.

   • Genes are given priority before whorls.
     • This means that pressing A and whorl 1 will disable A only in W1.
   • Inputs are placed in a list and used in (2).

4. A tkinter grid of empty labels that are later filled with a specific floral organ image.

   • Why a grid and not a single image?
     • 7 buttons == A lot of permutations/combinations...
       • With v1.0 and v1.1, I did not sort so I would have to check for each permutation.
       • - 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = ~5040
     • Even with the v1.2 where I sorted inputs, there are a lot of combinations to find.
       • (7 choose 1) + (7 choose 2 + (7 choose 3) + (7 choose 4) + (7 choose 5) + (7 choose 6) + (7 choose 7) = ~127
     • A grid that auto-generates an image removes the need to check for a combination and add a specific image.
     • It does come at the cost of neatness.
       • Check the "Whole Images" folder ( ; _ ;)

In-Progress

• Image Upgrade
  • Resize and rescale images to be equal size to prevent janky window changes.
• Game Potential
  • Generate random combination of console grid and have player guess what combination of gene/whorl disabling produces image.
• ABCE Model
  • Convert ABC model to ABCE model. This is the most difficult and would take the longest.