VPB 321: Animal Biotechnology (2+1)

COMPONENTS OF BIOINFORMATICS

• Bioinformatics has three components,
• The creation of databases allowing the storage and management of large biological data sets.
• The development of algorithms and statistics to determine relationships among members of large data sets.
• The use of these tools for the analysis and interpretation of various types of biological data, including DNA, RNA and protein sequences, protein structures, gene expression profiles, and biochemical pathways.