LeBlanc, Mark D.
Perl for Exploring DNA
- ISBN 13:
- 9780195305890
- author:
- LeBlanc, Mark D.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- OUP USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2007
- Pages:
- 288
- Genre:
- Biochemistry
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Perl for Exploring DNA by Mark D. LeBlanc and Betsey Dexter Dyer is an interdisciplinary introduction to Perl programming, designed specifically for students in bioinformatics and related fields. The authors, both experts in their respective disciplines, bring a unique teaching approach to the book, focusing on good programming practices and real-world applications in biological sequence analysis. Topics include working with strings and files of sequence data, control structures, subroutines, and data structures, all applied to DNA analysis and protein analysis. This comprehensive textbook is suitable for students majoring in computer science or biology, and is particularly relevant for new interdisciplinary courses that combine multiple disciplines.