BIO 331 - Bioinformatics and Lab

Institution:

Roger Williams University

Subject:

BIOLOGY

Description:

Cross-Listed as COMSC 331Fulfills a course requirement in the Biology Core Concentration andBiotechnology CertificatePrerequisite: BIO 200 and COMSC 110 or consent of instructorThe course reviews the fundamental concepts of molecular andevolutionary biology, with a focus on the types of questions that lendthemselves to computer analysis. In web-based exercises students willbecome familiar with the content and format of the most commonlyused databases and learn to query them with the associated searchengines. Some of the basic algorithms used to compare and ordersequence data will be presented, along with the programs that areused to evaluate the inferred patterns statistically and to present themgraphically. A weekly computer-programming lab will train studentsto write simple scripts to extract sequence information from databasesand to search for specific patterns within these data.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.rwu.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 253-1040

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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