Title: A great book for the steep ramp-up in bioinformatics
Product review: Dr. Mount provides an excellent text/guide for those who are interested in making the steep climb into the field of bioinformatics. As a bioinformatics graduate student with an undergraduate degree in biology, I often find that I am over my head in the mathematical jargon that is used in bioinformatics literature. Mount's book gave me the step-up I needed in order to digest the more technically cutting edge alogrithms in the field. He covers all the major areas of bioinformatics (from a biologist's point of view) with the exception of microarray data analysis (which I believe was just coming out at the time the book was printed).I cannot recommend this text more to anyone who is coming into the field. It is especially useful for senior undergraduates or early graduate students. And don't let the price-tag scare you off... CSHL Press books are always expensive, but they are usually worth every nickle.
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