Exploring Bioinformatics

Download or read book Exploring Bioinformatics written by Caroline St. Clair and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly revised and updated, Exploring Bioinformatics: A Project-Based Approach, Second Edition 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 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.