Basic Applied Bioinformatics

Preface

Bioinformatics, a discipline that attempts to make predictions about biological functions using data from molecular sequence (nucleotide and protein) analysis and involves application of information science to biology has, over the years, evolved exponentially in the genomics era. Today it has become an indispensable component of biological science, including its application in a number of applied areas.

There has long been a need among students and researchers for a primer book on the application of bioinformatics tools in various spheres of veterinary and agricultural sciences. This being the era of multi‐tasking, research workers who do not possess a background in computer or bioinformatics often stumble over in silico analysis of molecular data. This book provides practical know‐how for graduate students of bioinformatics, biotechnology and other streams of biological science, and also for those who need to learn bio‐computational analyses of the large volume of molecular data that is being generated in thousands of laboratories throughout the world.

The topics considered in this book are the basic ones that a student or researcher of the fields above should know. In addition, this book covers the syllabi of the graduate or undergraduate course called “Introduction to Bioinformatics” (or course name similar to that) that is offered in several universities. Some of the chapters, covering areas such as genome annotation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, an overview ...