Understanding Bioinformatics

Zvelebil (cancer informatics, The Breakthrough Toby Robins Breast Cancer Research Centre, UK) and Baum (crystallography, Birbeck College, UK) present a text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students on the developing field of bioinformatics. The material is organized into seven sections--background basics, sequence alignments, evolutionary processes, genome characteristics, secondary structures, tertiary structures, cells and organisms--the majority of which contain both applications chapters, focusing on the main concepts, and theory chapters providing greater detail and the underlying mathematics. Illustrated throughout with charts, diagrams, and tables. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)