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Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

By Jonathan Pevsner

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics Natural Sciences

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

By Jonathan Pevsner

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The bestselling introduction to bioinformatics and genomics - now in its third edition Widely received in its previous editions, Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics offers the most broad-based introduction to this explosive new discipline. Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded third edition, it continues to be the go-to source for students and professionals involved in biomedical research. This book provides up-to-the-minute coverage of the fields of bioinformatics and genomics. Features new to this edition include: - Extensive revisions and a slight reorder of chapters for a more effective organization - A brand new chapter on next-generation sequencing - An expanded companion website, also updated as and when new information becomes available - Greater emphasis on a computational approach, with clear guidance of how software tools work and introductions to the use of command-line tools such as software for next-generation sequence analysis, the R programming language, and NCBI search utilities The book is complemented by lavish illustrations and more than 500 figures and tables - many newly-created for the third edition to enhance clarity and understanding. Each chapter includes learning objectives, a problem set, pitfalls section, boxes explaining key techniques and mathematics/statistics principles, a summary, recommended reading, and a list of freely available software. Readers may visit a related Web page for supplemental information such as PowerPoints and audiovisual files of lectures, and videocasts of how to perform many basic operations: www.wiley.com/go/pevsnerbioinformatics. Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, Third Edition serves as an excellent single-source textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in the biological sciences and computer sciences. It is also an indispensable resource for biologists in a broad variety of disciplines who use the tools of bioinformatics and genomics to study particular research problems; bioinformaticists and computer scientists who develop computer algorithms and databases; and medical researchers and clinicians who want to understand the genomic basis of viral, bacterial, parasitic, or other diseases.
Product details
Edition:
3
Number of Pages:
1168
Release Date:
2015-10-23
Publication Date:
2015-10-23
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1118581784
ISBN13:
9781118581780
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
3050 g
Height:
225 cm
Width:
284 cm
Thickness:
46 cm
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