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This is a concise and comprehensive textbook of bioinformatics that provides a broad introduction to entire field. Valuable for life science students, the basics and key areas of bioinformatics are covered followed by the computational tools to solve biological research problems. Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field that develops methods and software tools for understanding biological data. It is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information. Computers are used to gather, store, analyze and integrate biological and genetic information which can then be applied to gene-based drug discovery and development.