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About this book
Each chapter begins with a central biological question, such as “Are There Fragile Regions in the Human Genome?”and then steadily develops the algorithmic sophistication required to answer this question.
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Hundreds of exercises are incorporated directly into the text as soon as they are needed; readers can test their knowledge through automated coding challenges on the Rosalind Bioinformatics Textbook Track.
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