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050 4 _aQH308.2
245 0 2 _aA Primer for Computational Biology
_cShawn O'Neil
264 2 _bOpen Textbook Library
264 1 _bOregon State University
300 _a1 online resource
490 0 _aOpen textbook library.
505 0 _aPart I: Introduction to Unix/Linux -- Part II: Programming in Python -- Part III: Programming in R
520 0 _aA Primer for Computational Biology aims to provide life scientists and students the skills necessary for research in a data-rich world. The text covers accessing and using remote servers via the command-line, writing programs and pipelines for data analysis, and provides useful vocabulary for interdisciplinary work. The book is broken into three parts: Introduction to Unix/Linux: The command-line is the "natural environment" of scientific computing, and this part covers a wide range of topics, including logging in, working with files and directories, installing programs and writing scripts, and the powerful "pipe" operator for file and data manipulation. Programming in Python: Python is both a premier language for learning and a common choice in scientific software development. This part covers the basic concepts in programming (data types, if-statements and loops, functions) via examples of DNA-sequence analysis. This part also covers more complex subjects in software development such as objects and classes, modules, and APIs. Programming in R: The R language specializes in statistical data analysis, and is also quite useful for visualizing large datasets. This third part covers the basics of R as a programming language (data types, if-statements, functions, loops and when to use them) as well as techniques for large-scale, multi-test analyses. Other topics include S3 classes and data visualization with ggplot2.
542 1 _fAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on print resource
650 0 _aComputer Science
_vTextbooks
650 0 _aBiology
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700 1 _aO'Neil, Shawn T.
_eauthor
710 2 _aOpen Textbook Library
_edistributor
856 4 0 _uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/896
_zAccess online version
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