July 2003
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
13h 44m
English
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Preface
A Little Math, a Little Perl
Certain parts of this book are mathematical or algorithmic in nature, so you will find
various equations and computer programs throughout the book. If these notations
are unfamiliar to you, don’t panic. To make this book accessible to a general audi-
ence, we have included graphical examples and descriptive text along with the equa-
tions. The programming examples are written in Perl, one of the most popular
programming languages and one that has an especially strong following in bioinfor-
matics. While we could have relied on pseudocode for our examples, using a real lan-
guage means that you can run the programs on your own computer and edit them as
you wish.
Conventions Used in This Book
The following conventions are used in this book:
Constant width
Used for Perl programs, parameters, and BLAST output
Italics
Used for program names, databases, for emphasis, and for new terms where they
are defined
URLs Referenced in This Book
For more information about the URLs referenced in this book and for additional
material about BLAST, see this book’s web page, which is listed in the next section.
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