Bioinformatics and Computational Biology: A Primer for Biologists

This comprehensive textbook provides an essential introduction to bioinformatics and computational biology for undergraduate and graduate students in life sciences, botany, zoology, physiology, biotechnology, bioinformatics, and genomic science as well as systems biology, bioengineering, and the agricultural and veterinary sciences.

Covering a wide range of topics including biological databases, sequence alignment, molecular evolution, next-generation sequencing, systems biology, and statistical computing using R, this book offers readers guidance on reconstructing and analyzing biological networks and highlights computational methods used in systems medicine and genome-wide association mapping of diseases.

With its practical case studies and application-based learning approach, this textbook is an ideal resource for students looking to gain a deeper understanding of the field and its practical applications.