Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, 3/e (Hardcover)

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.

這本暢銷的生物信息學和基因組學入門書籍現已推出第三版。在前幾版中廣受好評的《生物信息學和功能基因組學》提供了對這一新興學科最廣泛的介紹。現在在全面更新和擴充的第三版中，它仍然是學生和從事生物醫學研究的專業人士的首選資源。

本書提供了關於生物信息學和基因組學領域的最新資訊。本版新增的特點包括：
- 全面修訂和輕微調整章節，以實現更有效的組織
- 全新的下一代测序章節
- 擴展的配套網站，隨時更新新資訊
- 更加強調計算方法，清晰指導軟件工具的使用，並介紹命令行工具的使用，如用於下一代序列分析的軟件、R編程語言和NCBI搜索工具

本書配有豐富的插圖和500多個圖表，其中許多是為第三版新創作的，以增強清晰度和理解力。每章包括學習目標、問題集、常見問題解答、解釋關鍵技術和數學/統計原則的方框、摘要、推薦閱讀和免費軟件列表。讀者可以訪問相關網頁獲取補充資訊，例如PowerPoints和講座的視頻文件，以及執行許多基本操作的視頻教程：www.wiley.com/go/pevsnerbioinformatics。

《生物信息學和功能基因組學》第三版是高年級本科生和初級研究生生物科學和計算機科學課程的優秀單一教材。對於在各種學科中使用生物信息學和基因組學工具研究特定研究問題的生物學家、開發計算機算法和數據庫的生物信息學家和計算機科學家，以及希望了解病毒、細菌、寄生蟲或其他疾病的基因組基礎的醫學研究人員和臨床醫生來說，它也是一個不可或缺的資源。