Bioinformatics for Biologists

Name: Bioinformatics for Biologists
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ISBN: 9781107648876

ISBN-10: 1107648874

ISBN-13: 9781107648876

Edition: 2011

Authors: Pavel Pevzner, Ron Shamir

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List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 394
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Ron Shamir is the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Professor of Bioinformatics and Head of the Edmond J. Safra Bioinformatics Program at Tel Aviv University. He founded the joint Life Sciences/Computer Science undergraduate degree program in Bioinformatics at Tel Aviv University.



Preface


Acknowledgements


Introduction




Genomes



Identifying the genetic basis of disease




Pattern identification in a haplotype block




Genome reconstruction: a puzzle with a billion pieces




Dynamic programming: one algorithmic key for many biological locks




Measuring evidence: who's your daddy?




Gene Transcription and Regulation



How do replication and transcription change genomes?




Modeling regulatory motifs




How does influenza virus jump from animals to humans?




Evolution



Genome rearrangements




The crisis of the tree of life concept and the search for order in the phylogenetic forest




Reconstructing the history of large-scale genomic changes: biological questions and computational challenges




Phylogeny



Figs, wasps, gophers, and lice: a computational exploration of coevolution




Big cat phylogenies, consensus trees, and computational thinking




Algorithm design for large-scale phylogeny




Regulatory Networks



Biological networks uncover evolution, disease, and gene functions




Regulatory network inference



Index