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Bioinformatics: new science–new statistics?
Author(s) -
Gilks Wally
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2004.00001.x
Subject(s) - data science , computer science , computational biology , bioinformatics , library science , biology
The new research field of bioinformatics is concerned with the collection, maintenance and processing of genomic information. Like statistical genetics, it provides computational techniques for unravelling the complex machinery of the genome, but it is distinct in emphasis and approach. As a relative newcomer to bioinformatics, statistician Wally Gilks sets out to convey his excitement about the subject and to explain the opportunities it presents to professional statisticians.