Genomic Perl: From Bioinformatics Basics to Working Code

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 400 pages
• Published by: Cambridge University Press July 15, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 052180177X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0521801775
• Book Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.7 pounds

Product Review
"I found this to be an great book, and would not hesitate to recommend it to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students." Saturnino Luz, Computing Reviews

Product Description
In this introduction to computational molecular biology, Rex Dwyer explains many basic computational problems and gives concise, working programs to solve them in the Perl programming language. With minimal prerequisites, he covers the biological background for each problem, develops a model for the solution, and then introduces the Perl concepts needed to implement the solution. The chapters discuss pairwise and multiple sequence alignment, fast database searches for homologous sequences, protein motif identification, genome rearrangement, physical mapping, phylogeny reconstruction, satellite identification, sequence assembly, gene finding, and RNA secondary structure. Concrete examples and a step-by-step approach enable readers to grasp the computational and statistical methods.

Reader Reviews
Combines intuitive derivations of most key algorithms, thoughtful use of key references to illustrate solutions of main problems with a detailed example, and develop well documented, carefully programmed,perl toolkit. The 65 routines on the CD in UNIX, Windows, and Mac formats perform most of the essential maipulations of GenBank sequences. I only miss Hidden Markov Model routines. Comment | | (Report this)