Bioinformatics for Biologists - Pavel Pevzner, Ron Shamir
Bioinformatics for Biologists - Pavel Pevzner, Ron Shamir The computational education of biologists is changing to prepare students for facing the complex datasets of today's life science research. A…
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Bioinformatics for Biologists - Pavel Pevzner, Ron Shamir
The computational education of biologists is changing to prepare students for facing the complex datasets of today's life science research. A team of renowned bioinformaticians take innovative routes to introduce computational ideas in the context of real biological problems. In this concise textbook, the authors' fresh pedagogical approaches lead biology students from first principles towards computational thinking.
Self-contained chapters show how computational procedures are developed and applied to central topics in bioinformatics and genomics, such as the genetic basis of disease, genome evolution or the tree of life concept. Intuitive explanations promote deep understanding, using little mathematical formalism. Using bioinformatic resources requires a basic understanding of what bioinformatics is and what it can do.
Rather than just presenting tools, the authors – each a leading scientist – engage the students' problem-solving skills, preparing them to meet the computational challenges of their life science careers.