Advances in Computers: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Volume 68

by Chau-Wen Tseng and Marvin V. Zelkowitz

The field of bioinformatics and computational biology arose due to the need to apply techniques from computer science, statistics, informatics, and applied mathematics to solve biological problems. Scientists have been trying to study biology at a molecular level using techniques derived from biochemistry, biophysics, and genetics. Progress has greatly accelerated with the discovery of fast and inexpensive automated DNA sequencing techniques. As the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0120121689
• ISBN13: 9780120121687
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"