Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

by Jonathan Pevsner

Wiley is proud to announce the publication of the first ever broad-based textbook introduction to Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics by a trained biologist, experienced researcher, and award-winning instructor. In this new text, author Jonathan Pevsner, winner of the 2001 Johns Hopkins University "Teacher of the Year" award, explains problem-solving using bioinformatic approaches using real examples such as breast cancer, HIV-1, and retinal-binding protein throughout. His book includes 375 figures and over 170 tables. Each chapter Problems, discussion of Pitfalls, Boxes explaining key techniques and math/stats principles, Summary, Recommended Reading list, and URLs for freely available software. The text is suitable for professionals and students at every level, including those with little to no background in computer science.

Genres: Science, Biology, Genetics, Textbooks, Reference, Academic, Nonfiction

753 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2003

Reviews

[Elari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bioinformatics: substantiative of the past, gateway to the future. At first it used to be "all biology is chemistry; all chemistry is physics; physics is life." Now the stage is set for math and computer science. 'S wonderful.

[Michiel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of the different concepts in the omics.