Disclosed is a relational database system for storing and displaying genetic information. Associated with the database is a software system allows a user to determine the relative position of a selected gene sequence within a genome. The system allows execution of a method of displaying the genetic locus of a biomolecular sequence. The method involves providing a database including multiple biomolecular sequences, at least some of which represent open reading frames located along a contiguous sequence on an organism's genome. An open reading frame for the sequence is selected and displayed together with adjacent open reading frames located upstream and downstream in the relative positions in which they occur on the contiguous sequence.