| Bioinformatics is one
of the newest areas of biological
sciences. Since the beginning of the
1990s, many laboratories are engaged to
concentrate on full genome of several
species such as bacteria, yeasts, mice,
plant and humans. During these
collaborative efforts enormous amounts
of data are collected and stored in
databases. Besides gathering all these
data, it is necessary to compare these
nucleotide or amino acid sequences to
find similarities and differences. |
It is
not very convenient to compare the
sequences of several (hundred)
nucleotides or amino acids manually,
several computational techniques were
developed to approach this problem. In
addition, these are less error-prone
than a manual approach. Bioinformatics
is all about using computing systems to
store, manage, and analyze biological
information.
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