Bioinformatics for Dummies (For Dummies)
By Claverie, JeanMichel Ph. D., Notredame, Cedric Ph.D.
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Number Of Pages: 436
- Publication Date: 2006-12-08
- ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470089857
- ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470089859
- Binding: Paperback
Summary: they say on the title "an excellent book for beginners and occasional practioners"
Rating: 4
... and I agree. This is a book for molecular biologist who want to analyse their data using bioinformatics tools. I would prefer Baxevanis/Oullette "Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins", however, if this is too expensive for you than this "Bioinformatics for Dummies" is the second best choice. Layout and index is a bit more confused but it covers most stuff you will need.
A word of warning: if you want to learn how the programs work, you have to look for a different type of book, e.g. "Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids" by R. Durbin, Sean R. Eddy, Anders Krogh, and Graeme Mitchison or "Algorithmic Aspects of Bioinformatics" by Hans-Joachim Bockenhauer and Dirk Bongartz.
Summary: Clear and informative
Rating: 5
So much of the information is this field (and indeed some of the applications which have been developed) seems almost intentially convoluted and difficult to understand. This book gives a very good overview of some of the more common programs that one will need to use if one is starting bioinformatics research in a way that is practical and easy understand. Despite the title, the authors have done some good work in the field (I use Notredame's T-Coffee alignment program often) and are credible authorities in this area.
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