Programming techniques for biological research explained in new book.(Book Review)

From: M2 Best Books | Date: October 13, 2003 | Copyright information

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Programming techniques in the Perl language are explained in a new book aimed at biologists.

'Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics' by James Tisdall covers the core Perl language and many of its module extensions, presenting them in the context of biological ...

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