Opportunities in Africa for training in genome science

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-122

  Masiga, Daniel K ^a   Isokpehi, Raphael D ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Computational biology; Genome science; Networking

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEALTH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; SCIENCE;

EID: 18944383336     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2004.000-2022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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