
Essential Computing Skills For Biologists
Imperial College Press
Published on 23. August 2018
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-84816-924-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a handbook of methods and protocols for biologists. It aimed at undergraduate, graduate students and researchers originally trained in biological or medical sciences who need to know how to access the data archives of genomes, proteins, metabolites, gene expression profiles and the questions these data and tools can answer. For each chapter, the conceptual and experimental background is provided, together with specific guidelines for handling raw data, including preprocessing and analysis.The content is structured into three parts. Part one introduces basic knowledge about popular bioinformatics tools, databases and web resources. Part two presents examples of omics bioinformatics applications. Part three provides basic statistical analysis skills and programming skills needed to handle and analyze omics datasets.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
591 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84816-924-1 (9781848169241)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Use Linux; Write programs in Perl; Use BioPerl; Use R to Analyze Data and Generate Pictures.