Bioinformatics ((3 Credits))

Catalog description

Investigates the application of molecular biology, computers and the internet to generate and manage DNA and protein sequence data. Lecture and laboratory will involve generation, management and analysis of real and archived (in Genbank) data, including that from the Human Genome Project. Emphasis on genome organization and evolution, archival (web-based) and information retrieval, sequence assembly, alignment, comparative genomics, phylogenetics and evolutionary inferences, analyses of protein structure and micro-array data.