Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics 3rd Edition: A Comprehensive Guide

The bestselling introduction to bioinformatics and genomics has just got better! Now in its third edition, Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics by Jonathan Pevsner offers the most broad-based introduction to this explosive new discipline. Widely received in its previous editions, this book provides up-to-the-minute coverage of the fields of bioinformatics and genomics, making it the go-to source for students and professionals involved in biomedical research.

New Features in the 3rd Edition

• 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, updated regularly with new information
• Greater 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
• NCBI search utilities

This 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
• A list of freely available software

Visit the companion website at www.wiley.com/go/pevsnerbioinformatics for supplemental information such as PowerPoints, audiovisual files of lectures, and videocasts of how to perform many basic operations.

Target Audience

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
• 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
• Medical researchers and clinicians who want to understand the genomic basis of viral, bacterial, parasitic, or other diseases

Product Details:

• Hardcover: 1160 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 3 edition (November 2, 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1118581784
• ISBN-13: 978-1118581780