The bestselling introduction to bioinformatics and genomics - now in its third edition Widely
received in its previous editions Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics 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. This book provides up-to-the-minute coverage of the fields of
bioinformatics and genomics. Features new to this edition include: * Extensive revisions and a
slight reorder of chapters for a more effective organization * A brand new chapter on
next-generation sequencing * An expanded companion website also updated as and when new
information becomes available * Greater emphasis on a computational approach with clear
guidance of 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 The 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 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: www.wiley.com go pevsnerbioinformatics. Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
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.
