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Computing is revolutionizing the practice of biology. This book, which assumes no prior computing experience, provides students with the tools to write their own Python programs and to understand fundamental concepts in computational biology and bioinformatics. Each major part of the book begins with a compelling biological question, followed by the algorithmic ideas and programming tools necessary to explore it: the origins of pathogenicity are examined using gene finding, the evolutionary history of sex determination systems is studied using sequence alignment, and the origin of modern humans is addressed using phylogenetic methods. In addition to providing general programming skills, this book explores the design of efficient algorithms, simulation, NP-hardness, and the maximum likelihood method, among other key concepts and methods. Easy-to-read and designed to equip students with the skills to write programs for solving a range of biological problems, the book is accompanied by numerous programming exercises, available at www.cs.hmc.edu/CFB.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Full title: Computing for Biologists
• Author: Ran Libeskind-Hadas
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 217
• EAN: 9781107042827
• ISBN: 1107042828
• ID: 02705891
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 672 g
• Dimensions: 256 × 191 × 14 mm
• Date of publishing: 22. September 2014

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