Perl for Exploring DNA

Name: Perl for Exploring DNA
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ISBN: 9780195327571

ISBN-10: 0195327578

ISBN-13: 9780195327571

Edition: 2007

Authors: Mark D. LeBlanc, Betsey Dexter Dyer

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This book provides an exceptionally friendly introduction to Perl that emphasizes good programming practices with repeated exposure to pattern matching as applied to biological sequence analysis (DNA analysis, Protein analysis). The full-length book is appropriate for postgraduates in either computer science or biology and especially relevant to new interdisciplinary courses involving students from multiple disciplines.

Book details

List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 7.20" wide x 10.20" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English




Introduction: Explorations and Indexes



Essential First Steps



Playing with DNA Sequences (and words) Using Regular Expressions



Your First Perl Programs with a Focus on String Analysis



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








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