Название: Bioinformatics: An Introduction 4th Edition
Автор: Jeremy Ramsden
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2023
Страниц: 401
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 21.4 MB
This invaluable textbook presents a self-contained introduction to the field of bioinformatics. Providing a comprehensive breadth of coverage while remaining accessibly concise, the text promotes a deep understanding of the field, supported by basic mathematical concepts, an emphasis on biological knowledge, and a holistic approach that highlights the connections unifying bioinformatics with other areas of science. The thoroughly revised and enhanced fourth edition features new chapters focusing on regulation and control networks, the origins of life, evolution, statistics and causation, viruses, the microbiome, single cell analysis, drug discovery and forensic applications. This edition additionally includes new and updated material on the ontology of bioinformatics, data mining, ecosystems, and phenomics. Also covered are new developments in sequencing technologies, gene editing methods, and modelling of the brain, as well as state-of-the-art medical applications. The term “bioinformatics” seems to have been first used in the mid-1980s in order to describe the application of information science and technology in the life sciences. The definition was at that time very general, covering everything from robotics to artificial intelligence. Later, bioinformatics came to be somewhat prosaically defined as “the use of computers to retrieve, process, analyse, and simulate biological information”. An even narrower definition was “the application of information technology to the management of biological data”.
