8- of arriving at musical representations of DNA multiplied. The present 9: paper offers a new approach that concentrates on the element of rhythm. 10- Most musical interpretations of DNA to date have been concerned with -- 87- expressed linearly in opposite directions in a four-base stagger -- 88: will constitute a rhythm engine. These conditions may be applied 89- equally to molecular processes or musical ones. 90: Furthermore, the energy applied to make a rhythm engine run (ATP in the 91- case of DNA, mechanical energy in the case of music) may vary, and -- 110- process. 111: Perhaps the chief virtue of the rhythm engine, and its attending energy 112: profile, is its adaptability. A set of rhythm engines based on close 113- observation of DNA dissociation holds out the promise of generating