Perl for Bioinformatics [Kindle Edition] Author: Arun Jagota | Language: English | ISBN:
B003L202H0 | Format: PDF, EPUB
Perl for Bioinformatics
Direct download links available Perl for Bioinformatics from with Mediafire Link Download Link This short book is aimed at biologists interested in simple programming for their tasks, and for computer scientists interested in learning about biomolecular problems and issues, and seeing tailored programming solutions to them. Part I introduces relevant Perl basics: data types, control structures, input and output, regular expressions, handy functions on strings, and subroutines, all with illustrative examples from bioinformatics. Part II is organized as follows: Chapter 7 presents several Perl scripts for various common bioinformatics tasks. Chapter 8 describes several bioinformatics algorithms used in fragment assembly, heuristic local alignment, automated motif discovery, classification of sequences, optimal sequence-to-sequence alignment, optimal sequence-to-profile alignment, heuristic multiple alignment, profile hidden Markov models, and phylogenetic analysis and presents Perl scripts for them. Chapter 9 covers the BioPerl project. Chapter 10 covers some Perl modules of use in bioinformatics. Direct download links available for Perl for Bioinformatics [Kindle Edition]
- File Size: 148 KB
- Print Length: 43 pages
- Publisher: Arun Jagota; Second Edition edition (May 1, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B003L202H0
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Although the editorial review claims that Perl for Bioinformatics "introduces Perl to the bio/computer scientist interested in or working in bioinformatics," this is really a bit of a misnomer. While it does contain a decent quantity of useful, relevant reference information for a bioinformatics student, the (dollar) price tag is far too high. Furthermore, no real introduction to Perl is found in the book, save the preface in pp. 4-5--that is to say, some basic knowledge of Perl will be an absolute requirement. As a student, I would personally lean toward any of the excellent O'Reilly bioinformatics and/or Perl books myself; they are well written, contain much of the same relevant information with additional explanations, and at a much lower price per page. Bottom line: You may find Perl for Bioinformatics useful as a pocket reference guide, but it is probably not worth the astronomical price.
By P. Tseng
This is a brief introduction to some of the things that one can do in Perl; it lacks scope and has few useful examples, but gives a flavor for what is available. It needs some programming experience to get much out of it.
By Peter J. Neame
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