{"product_id":"bioinformatics-and-functional-genomics-by-jonathan-pevsner-9781118581780","title":"Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling introduction to bioinformatics and genomics – now in its third edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWidely received in its previous editions, \u003ci\u003eBioinformatics and Functional Genomics\u003c\/i\u003e offers the most broad-based introduction to this explosive new discipline. Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded third edition, it continues to be the go-to source for students and professionals involved in biomedical research.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides up-to-the-minute coverage of the fields of bioinformatics and genomics. Features new to this edition include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExtensive revisions and a slight reorder of chapters for a more effective organisation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eA brand new chapter on next-generation sequencing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAn expanded companion website, also updated as and when new information becomes available.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eGreater emphasis on a computational approach, with clear guidance on how software tools work and introductions to the use of command-line tools such as software for next-generation sequence analysis, the R programming language, and NCBI search utilities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is complemented by lavish illustrations and more than 500 figures and tables - many newly created for the third edition to enhance clarity and understanding. Each chapter includes learning objectives, a problem set, a pitfalls section, boxes explaining key techniques and mathematics\/statistics principles, a summary, recommended reading, and a list of freely available software. Readers may visit a related web page for supplemental information such as PowerPoints and audiovisual files of lectures, and videocasts of how to perform many basic operations: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wiley.com\/go\/pevsnerbioinformatics\"\u003ewww.wiley.com\/go\/pevsnerbioinformatics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBioinformatics and Functional Genomics\u003c\/i\u003e, Third Edition serves as an excellent single-source textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level courses in the biological sciences and computer sciences. It is also an indispensable resource for biologists in a broad variety of disciplines who use the tools of bioinformatics and genomics to study particular research problems; bioinformaticists and computer scientists who develop computer algorithms and databases; and medical researchers and clinicians who want to understand the genomic basis of viral, bacterial, parasitic, or other diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46854062768364,"sku":"9781118581780","price":276.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6764863482586.jpg?v=1759233271","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/bioinformatics-and-functional-genomics-by-jonathan-pevsner-9781118581780","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}