Bioinformatics Biocomputing and Perl - Wiley 2004 eBook
Welcome toBioinformatics, Biocomputing and Perl, an introduction and guide to
the computing skills and practices collectively known asBioinformatics.
Bioinformatics is the application of computing techniques to the study of
biology, and in particular biology research. Although the study of biology is
hundreds of years old, the application of computing techniques to biology
research is relatively new, with major advances occurring within the last decade.
Consequently, the Bioinformatics field is evolving and maturing rapidly, and this
has highlighted the need for a good, all-round introductory textbook.
We believe thatBioinformatics, Biocomputing and Perlmeets this need.
What is in this Book?
After two introductory chapters,Bioinformatics, Biocomputing and Perlis divided
into four main parts:
1.Working with Perl.
2.Working with Data.
3.Working with the Web.
4.Working with Applications.
Part I,Working with Perl, introduces programming to the student of Bioinfor-
matics. Note that the intention is not toturn Bioinformaticians into software
engineers. Rather, the emphasis is on providing Bioinformaticians with program-
ming skills suf�cient to enable themto produce bespoke programs when required
in the course of their research.
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