From Sequences to Graphs : Discrete Methods and Structures for Bioinformatics
Overview
In order to study living organisms, scientists not only study them at an overall macroscopic scale but also on a more detailed microscopic scale. This observation, pushed to its limits, consists of investigating the very center of each cell, where we find the molecules that determine the way it functions: DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) and RNA (ribonucleic acid).
In an organism, DNA carries the genetic information, which is called the genome. It is represented as four-letter sequences using the letters A, C, G and T; based on these sequences, computer methods described in this book can answer fundamental questions in bioinformatics.
This book explores how to quickly find sequences of a few hundred nucleotides within a genome that may be made up of several billion, how to compare those sequences and how to reconstruct the complete sequence of a genome. It also discusses the problems of identifying bacteria in a given environment and predicting the structure of RNA based on its sequence.
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- ISBN-13: 9781789450668
- ISBN-10: 1789450667
- Publisher: Wiley-Iste
- Publish Date: November 2022
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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