Perl for Exploring DNA

Name: Perl for Exploring DNA
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ISBN: 9780195305890

ISBN-10: 0195305892

ISBN-13: 9780195305890

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mark D. LeBlanc, Betsey Dexter Dyer

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This book presents Perl programming with a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective for the bioinformatics classroom. The co-authors are a professor of computer science and a professor of biology who collaborate in developing software for DNA sequence analysis. A specialty of the authors is encouraging interdisciplinary undergraduate research. The book has been tested in the classroom as a text for both biology and computer science majors. Benefiting from years of teaching experience in both computer science and biology, the authors use an exceptionally friendly and pedagogically sound introduction to Perl that emphasizes good programming practices throughout. Concepts include a rich…

Book details

List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.80" wide x 7.01" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English




Introduction: Explorations and Indexes



Essential First Steps: Installing Perl Plus a Programming Environment



Your First Perl Programs with a Focus on String Analysis



String Play with Regular Expressions



Using Perl to Do Calculations



Making Decisions Over and Over Again with Perl's if and while



Subroutines



Accessing Files of Sequences from Databases



Arrays



Hash Tables



Phrasing Questions by Writing Algorithms



Regular Expressions Revisited



Understanding Randomness



Modules



Conclusions



How to Isolate DNA from Strawberries



Bioinformatics as Part of the Solution


Bibliography


Index