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nine mouse chromosomes
 
 

Recursive Mutations

ultrachrome prints on rice paper
21 prints 10" x 12" each
2003

Graphs showing information for the twenty one chromosomes of the mouse genome were downloaded from the Internet, printed on rice paper, and then given to mice to reconfigure. After an arbitrary period of time, each chromosome was removed, mounted, and framed.

 
mouse chromosome 8
 
in Gail Wight: Sliding Scale at the Stanford Art Gallery  photo: Craig Weiss
 
mouse chromosome 2
 
mouse chromosome X
 
mouse chromosome 18