{"product_id":"bioinformatics-isbn-9781119335580","title":"Bioinformatics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for the third edition of \u003ci\u003eBioinformatics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is a gem to read and use in practice.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBriefings in Bioinformatics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This volume has a distinctive, special value as it offers an unrivalled level of details and unique expert insights from the leading computational biologists, including the very creators of popular bioinformatics tools.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChemBioChem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A valuable survey of this fascinating field. . . I found it to be the most useful book on bioinformatics that I have seen and recommend it very highly.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAmerican Society for Microbiology News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This should be on the bookshelf of every molecular biologist.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Quarterly Review of Biolog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe field of bioinformatics is advancing at a remarkable rate. With the development of new analytical techniques that make use of the latest advances in machine learning and data science, today’s biologists are gaining fantastic new insights into the natural world’s most complex systems. These rapidly progressing innovations can, however, be difficult to keep pace with.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe expanded fourth edition of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eBioinformatics \u003c\/i\u003eaims to remedy this by providing students and professionals alike with a comprehensive survey of the current field. Revised to reflect recent advances in computational biology, it offers practical instruction on the gathering, analysis, and interpretation of data, as well as explanations of the most powerful algorithms presently used for biological discovery. \u003ci\u003eBioinformatics, Fourth Edition\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most readable, up-to-date, and thorough introduction to the field for biologists at all levels, covering both key concepts that have stood the test of time and the new and important developments driving this fast-moving discipline forwards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis new edition features:  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew chapters on metabolomics, population genetics, metagenomics and microbial community analysis, and translational bioinformatics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough treatment of statistical methods as applied to biological data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpecial topic boxes and appendices highlighting experimental strategies and advanced concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnnotated reference lists, comprehensive lists of relevant web resources, and an extensive glossary of commonly used terms in bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBioinformatics \u003c\/i\u003eis an indispensable companion for researchers, instructors, and students of all levels in molecular biology and computational biology, as well as investigators involved in genomics, clinical research, proteomics, and related fields.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Companion Website xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Biological Sequence Databases 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas D. Baxevanis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Information Retrieval from Biological Databases 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas D. Baxevanis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Assessing Pairwise Sequence Similarity: BLAST and FASTA 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas D. Baxevanis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Genome Browsers 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTyra G. Wolfsberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Genome Annotation 117\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Wishart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Predictive Methods Using RNA Sequences 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael F. Sloma, Michael Zuker, and David H. Mathews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Predictive Methods Using Protein Sequences 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJonas Reeb, Tatyana Goldberg, Yanay Ofran, and Burkhard Rost\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Multiple Sequence Alignments 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFabian Sievers, Geoffrey J. Barton, and Desmond G. Higgins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetic Analysis 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmma J. Griffiths and Fiona S.L. Brinkman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Expression Analysis 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarieke L. Kuijjer, Joseph N. Paulson, and John Quackenbush\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Proteomics and Protein Identification by Mass Spectrometry 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSadhna Phanse and Andrew Emili\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Protein Structure Prediction and Analysis 363\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Wishart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Biological Networks and Pathways 399\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary D. Bader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Metabolomics 437\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Wishart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Population Genetics 481\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynn B. Jorde and W. Scott Watkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Metagenomics and Microbial Community Analysis 505\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert G. Beiko\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Translational Bioinformatics 537\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSean D. Mooney and Stephen J. Mooney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Statistical Methods for Biologists 555\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHunter N.B. Moseley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices 583\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 591\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 609\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDITED BY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eANDREAS D. BAXEVANIS, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e Director of Computational Biology for the National Institutes of Health's Intramural Research Program and a Senior Scientist leading the Computational Genomics Unit at the NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGARY D. BADER, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e Ontario Research Chair in Biomarkers of Disease and Professor at the Donnelly Centre and the Departments of Molecular Genetics and Computer Science at the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID S. WISHART, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e Distinguished University Professor in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Computing Science at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA CUTTING-EDGE GUIDE TO BIOINFORMATICS AND ITS ROLE IN MODERN BIOLOGY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe field of bioinformatics is advancing at a remarkable rate. With the development of new analytical techniques that make use of the latest advances in machine learning and data science, today's biologists are gaining fantastic new insights into the natural world's most complex systems. These rapidly progressing innovations can, however, be difficult to keep pace with. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe expanded fourth edition of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eBioinformatics\u003c\/i\u003e aims to remedy this by providing students and professionals alike with a comprehensive survey of the current field. 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