# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Wed Apr 28 16:20:41 2021

@author: rutsi
"""

def split_DNA_sequence_codons(sequence):
    """
    Split the DNA sequence into codons    
    Author: 
    Date: 
        
    Parameters
    ----------
    sequence : string
        DNA sequence

    Returns
    -------
    list of codons
    """
    lista=[]
    num = len(sequence)//3
    posicion=0
    for i in range(0,num):
        
        posicion_final = posicion+3
        lista.append(sequence[posicion:posicion_final])
        posicion= posicion_final
    return lista
            
secuencia = "ACTGCTGA"
lista_codones = split_DNA_sequence_codons(secuencia)