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Basics of Bioinformatics Lecture Notes of the Graduate Summer School on Bioinformatics of China

Basics of Bioinformatics

Rui Jiang • Xuegong Zhang • Michael Q. Zhang Editors

Basics of Bioinformatics Lecture Notes of the Graduate Summer School on Bioinformatics of China

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Editors Rui Jiang Xuegong Zhang Department of Automation Tsinghua University Beijing China, People’s Republic

Michael Q. Zhang Department of Molecular and Cell Biology The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX, USA Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology Tsinghua University Beijing, China, People’s Republic

ISBN 978-3-642-38950-4 ISBN 978-3-642-38951-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-38951-1 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Jointly published with Tsinghua University Press, Beijing ISBN: 978-7-302-32359-4 Tsinghua University Press, Beijing Library of Congress Control Number: 2013950934 © Tsinghua University Press, Beijing and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publishers, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publishers’ locations, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publishers can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publishers make no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword

This ambitious volume is the result of the successful 2007 Graduate Summer School on Bioinformatics of China held at Tsinghua University. It is remarkable for its range of topics as well as the depth of coverage. Bioinfor