Bioinformatics For Dummies
Jean-Michel Claverie is Professor of Medical Bioinformatics at the Université de la Méditerranée School of Medicine and a genomics and bioinformatics consultant. Cedric Notredame works as a researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research in France. Cedric has toured Europe using and abusing the tools provided by science.
Were you always interested in biology but were put off by the thought of sitting through long hours of thick reading? Did you enjoy the subject in high school but had other aspirations after graduation? You may now study the human genome and analyze DNA without leaving your computer!
Bioinformatics For Dummies is jam-packed with useful material that will introduce you to this exciting new field. This simple guide walks you through every bioinformatics task that can be completed via the Internet. Forget about complex mathematics, technological jargon, and installing large apps that slow down your machine. You'll be shocked at how much you can accomplish simply by checking in and following these simple instructions. You obtain the necessary tools to:
- Analyze all sequence types.
- Use a variety of databases.
- Utilize DNA and protein sequences
- Perform similarity searches
- Construct a multiple sequence alignment.
- Alignments can be edited and published.
- 3D visualization of protein structures
- Create phylogenetic trees
This updated second edition contains freshly produced and popular databases and Internet apps, as well as several additional genomes. It offers advice on how to use servers and where to go for resources to learn about what's going on in the field of bioinformatics. Among the best books on bioinformatics, Bioinformatics For Dummies will teach you how to make the most of your computer and the appropriate Web tools so you can search databases and analyze sequences like an expert!
Author: Jean-Michel ClaverieCedric Notredame
Link to buy: https://www.amazon.com/Bioinformatics-Dummies-Jean-Michel-Claverie/dp/0470089857/
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