Introduction to Bioinformatics - Softcover

Lesk, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198794142 ISBN 13: 9780198794141

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2019

Synopsis

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...

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About the Author

Arthur Lesk, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Arthur M. Lesk is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Review

Reviews for the fourth edition:
"I'm impressed with the breadth AND depth achieved in what is a reasonably compact text. There are lots of quite innovative features which support the pedagogical delivery of the material."
--Richard Badge, University of Leicester

"A very good introductory textbook in bioinformatics. It is well-structured and nicely laid out. There are numerous examples and problems attached to each chapter, including the novel Weblems."
--Karen Page, University College London

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0198794142
• ISBN 13: 9780198794141
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 432