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Abstract

Computational biology provides insights into the nature of genomes and organisms, and provides tools for understanding how an organism’s characters or phenotypes are determined by its genome sequence. In prior chapters, we presented a number of computational methods addressing a variety of specific biological questions. In this concluding chapter, we indicate in more detail how these tools can be employed in the context of complete genomes. Computational analysis of genome sequence data has transformed the approach to answering biological questions because now they can be formulated in the context of all genes operating as a coordinated system. This more integrated approach complements the reductionist approach of traditional molecular biology.

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(2005). Comparative Genomics. In: Computational Genome Analysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28807-4_14

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