A first course in computing with applications to biology

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 610-617

  Libeskind Hadas, Ran ^a   Bush, Eliot ^b  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Computational biology; Education

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EDUCATION;

ALGORITHMS; CALIFORNIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SOFTWARE; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84897005311     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbt005     Document Type: Article

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