BLAST

This is the Title of the Book, eMatter Edition

Copyright © 2012 O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.

Preface

|

xvii

To comment or ask technical questions about this book, send email to:

[e-mail]

For more information about books, conferences, Resource Centers, and the O’Reilly

Network, see the O’Reilly web site at:

http://www.oreilly.com

Acknowledgments

As a group, the authors would like to thank O’Reilly & Associates for their patience

and support, and especially their editor Lorrie LeJeune. The book owes a lot to its

technical reviewers: Scott Markel, Tony Palombella, and staff of the NCBI. Special

thanks go out to Scott McGinnis, Tom Madden, and Stephen Altschul for all their

insightful comments.

Ian

I thank my wife Karen (whose critical comments improved the readability of the

book) and daughter Zoe for putting up with the extra hours required to write this

book. (Sorry, I had no idea it was going to take this much time.) I’d also like to thank

my former mentors, especially Warren Gish and Susan Strome, for their scientific

guidance and high standards. Writing a book in the wee hours can be arduous work,

so I appreciate Apple Computer for making things simple and WeakLazyLiar and

Trespassers William for musical companionship. My coauthors deserve a lot of

credit for tolerating my tyranny and helping to make a dream come true. Lastly, I’d

like to say a special thanks to ...