Comparative genomics; v.1.9781588296931 Comparative genomics Comparative genomics is the study of relationships between the genomes of different species or strains. Comparative genomics is an attempt to take advantage of the information provided by the signatures of selection to understand the function and evolutionary processes that act on ; v.1. Ed. by Nicholas H. Bergman. Humana Press Inc. 2007 546 pages $129.00 Hardcover Methods in molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller ; 395 QH447 This volume, the first of two, provides a set of tutorials for molecular biologists using comparative genomic analysis tools and, in particular, aims to make accessible not only the commonly used techniques but also some of the underutilized ones. Thirty-three contributed chapters edited by Bergman (bioinformatics, U. Michigan) are arranged in four sections focusing on the visualization and annotation 1. (programming, compiler) annotation - Extra information associated with a particular point in a document or program. Annotations may be added either by a compiler or by the programmer. of genomes, sequence alignments, identification of conserved sequences In biology, conserved sequences are similar or identical sequences that may occur within nucleic acids, proteins or polymeric carbohydrates within multiple species of organism or within different molecules produced by the same organism. and biases in codon codon: see nucleic acid. usage, and identification and structural characterization of noncoding RNAs. Bergman notes in the preface that the larger question of identifying protein-coding genes has its own volume and is not addressed here. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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