Bioinformatics/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Computer science [r]: The study of how computers work, and the algorithms, data structures and design principles used in their operation and programming. ^[e]
• Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Basic Local Alignment Search Tool [r]: Bioinformatics algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences. ^[e]

Other related topics

• Theoretical biology [r]: The study of biological systems by theoretical means. ^[e]
• Mathematical biology [r]: The study of biological systems by mathematical means. ^[e]
• Computational biology [r]: The study of biological systems by computational means ^[e]

• Biodiversity [r]: The study of the range of life forms in a given ecosystem. ^[e]
• Bioengineering [r]: The application of electrical, mechanical, chemical, optical, nuclear and other engineering principles to understand, modify and control biological (plants and animals - including human) systems. ^[e]
• Biology's next microscope: Mathematics [r]: A scientific discussion about the mutual interaction between mathematics and biology. ^[e]
• Biophysics [r]: The study of forces and energies in biological systems. ^[e]
• Biotechnology [r]: The application of biological principles in industrial production ^[e]
• Botany [r]: The study of plants, algae and fungi (mycology). ^[e]
• Brain morphometry [r]: The quantitative study of structures in the brain, their differences between individuals, correlations with brain function, and changes of these characteristics over time. ^[e]
• Cortical thickness [r]: The combined thickness of the cerebral cortex layers. ^[e]
• DNA [r]: A macromolecule — chemically, a nucleic acid — that stores genetic information. ^[e]
• Drug discovery [r]: Process by which pharmaceuticals are discovered and/or designed. ^[e]
• Genetics [r]: The study of the inheritance of characteristics, genes and DNA. ^[e]
• Gyrification [r]: The folding process during brain development, or the extent of folding. ^[e]
• Horizontal gene transfer [r]: Transfer of genetic material to a being other than one of the donor's offspring. ^[e]
• Hubmed [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Medical informatics [r]: Science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to aspects of health care and medicine. ^[e]
• National Library of Medicine [r]: The world's largest medical library, based in Bethesda, Maryland. ^[e]
• Single-nucleotide polymorphism [r]: A DNA sequence variation across chromosomes within an individual or a species, involving only a single base change. ^[e]
• Systems biology [r]: Add brief definition or description

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