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Exploring Bioinformatics: A Project-Based Approach is intended for an introductory course in bioinformatics at the undergraduate level. Through hands-on projects, students are introduced to current biological problems and then explore and develop bioinformatic solutions to these issues. Each chapter presents a key problem, provides basic biological concepts, introduces computational techniques to address the problem, and guides students through the use of existing web-based tools and existing software solutions. This progression prepares students to tackle the On-Your-Own Project, where they develop their own software solutions. Topics such as antibiotic resistance, genetic disease, and genome sequencing provide context and relevance to capture student interest.
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Intended for bioinformatics coursework at an undergraduate level, this textbook contains several hands-on projects that allow students to analyze a biological issue and use computational methods to obtain a solution. St. Clair (computer science, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois) and Visick (biology, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois) outline projects that include the identification of genetic mutations, antibiotic resistance, protein alignments and structures, the assembly of human genomes and analyzing microarray data for gene expression. Appendices include tutorials on installing and running a Perl program in order to complete these projects, with specific instructions given for programming and syntax. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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