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IOINFORMATICS FOR BEGINNERS: GENES, GENOMES, MOLECULAR EVOLUTION, DATABASES AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS PROVIDES A COHERENT AND FRIENDLY TREATMENT OF BIOINFORMATICS FOR ANY STUDENT OR SCIENTIST WITHIN BIOLOGY WHO HAS NOT ROUTINELY PERFORMED BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS. THE BOOK DISCUSSES THE RELEVANT PRINCIPLES NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS AND DEMONSTRATES, WITH EXAMPLES, TARGETED ANALYSIS USING FREELY AVAILABLE WEB-BASED SOFTWARE AND PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATABASES. ESCHEWING NON-ESSENTIAL INFORMATION, THE WORK FOCUSES ON PRINCIPLES AND HANDS-ON ANALYSIS, ALSO POINTING TO FURTHER STUDY OPTIONS.