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Title: | A Primer for Computational Biology |
Authors: | O'Neil, Shawn T. |
Keywords: | Computational biology / bioinformatics |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Oregon State University Press |
Abstract: | A Primer for Computational Biology aims to provide life scientists and students the skills necessary for research in a data-rich world. The text covers accessing and using remote servers via the command-line, writing programs and pipelines for data analysis, and provides useful vocabulary for interdisciplinary work. The book is broken into three parts: 1. Introduction to Unix/Linux: The command-line is the “natural environment” of scientific computing, and this part covers a wide range of topics, including logging in, working with files and directories, installing programs and writing scripts, and the powerful “pipe” operator for file and data manipulation. -- 2. Programming in Python: Python is both a premier language for learning and a common choice in scientific software development. This part covers the basic concepts in programming (data types, if-statements and loops, functions) via examples of DNA-sequence analysis. This part also covers more complex subjects in software development such as objects and classes, modules, and APIs. -- 3. Programming in R: The R language specializes in statistical data analysis, and is also quite useful for visualizing large datasets. This third part covers the basics of R as a programming language (data types, if-statements, functions, loops and when to use them) as well as techniques for large-scale, multi-test analyses. Other topics include S3 classes and data visualization with ggplot2. |
URI: | https://openlibrary-repo.ecampusontario.ca/jspui/handle/123456789/831 |
ISBN: | 9780870719264 |
Other Identifiers: | 4f0f3b91-e7ad-4791-b3f5-9bd1014c943e |
Appears in Collections: | Ontario OER Collection |
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