Discusses the ties between biology and computer science, how to program, basic PERL programming concepts, and how to use PERL to perform tasks including analyzi

With its highly developed capacity to detect patterns in data, Perl has become one of the most popular languages for biological data analysis. But if you're a b

Historically, programming hasn't been considered a critical skill for biologists. But now, with access to vast amounts of biological data contained in public da

Working on the assumption that the reader has no formal training in programming, Perl Programming for Biologists demonstrates how Perl is used to solve biologic

This is a book for those of us who believed that we didn’t need to learn Perl, and now we know it is more ubiquitous than ever. Perl is extremely flexible and