Making room for new faces: Evolution, genomics and the growth of bioinformatics

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-90

  Suárez Díaz, Edna ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Automation; Bioinformatics; Data bases; Genomics; Molecular phylogenetics; Presentism; Sequences

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SCIENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78049435498     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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