Introduction To Bioinformatics - Arthur Lesk

Active, Accessible, And Assuming No Prior Knowledge: The Ideal Text For Biologists Encountering Bioinformatics For The First Time. A Vast Amount Of Biological Information About A Wide Range Of Species Has Become Available In Recent Years As Technological Advances Have Significantly Reduced The Time It Takes To Sequence A Genome Or Determine A Novel Protein Structure. This Text Describes How Bioinformatics Can Be Used As A Powerful Set Of Tools For Retrieving And Analysing This Biological Data, And How Bioinformatics Can Be Applied To A Wide Range Of Disciplines Such As Molecular Biology, Medicine, Biotechnology, Forensic Science And Anthropology.