The roots of bioinformatics

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Searls, David B ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; BIOENGINEERING; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACHINE LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955498814     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000809     Document Type: Article

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