The bestselling introduction to bioinformatics and genomics now in its third edition

Widely received in its previous editions Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics offers the most broad-based introduction to this explosive new discipline. Now in a thoroughly updated and expanded third edition it continues to be the go-to source for students and professionals involved in biomedical research.

This book provides up-to-the-minute coverage of the fields of bioinformatics and genomics. Features new to this edition include:

• Extensive revisions and a slight reorder of chapters for a more effective organization

• A brand new chapter on next-generation sequencing

• An expanded companion website also updated as and when new information becomes available

• Greater emphasis on a computational approach with clear guidance of how software tools work and introductions to the use of command-line tools such as software for next-generation sequence analysis the R programming language?? and NCBI search utilities

The book is complemented by lavish illustrations and more than 500 figures and tables - many newly-created for the third edition to enhance clarity and understanding. Each chapter includes learning objectives?? a problem set?? pitfalls section?? boxes explaining key techniques and mathematics/statistics principles?? a summary?? recommended reading?? and a list of fr