Computational Genome Analysis: An Introduction presents the foundations of key problems in computational molecular
biology and bioinformatics. It focuses on computational and statistical principles applied to genomes, and introduces
the mathematics and statistics that are crucial for understanding these applications. The book is appropriate for
a one-semester course for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students, and it can also introduce computational
biology to computer scientists, mathematicians, or biologists who are extending their interests into this exciting
field. This book features: Topics organized around biological problems, such as sequence alignment and assembly,
DNA signals, analysis of gene expression, and human genetic variation Presentation of fundamentals of probability,
statistics, and algorithms Implementation of computational methods with numerous examples based upon the R statistics
package Extensive descriptions and explanations to complement the analytical development More than 100 illustrations
and diagrams (some in color) to reinforce concepts and present key results from the primary literature Exercises
at the end of chapters Michael S. Waterman is a University Professor, a USC Associates Chair in Natural Sciences,
and Professor of Biological Sciences, Computer Science, and Mathematics at the University of Southern California.
A member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor Waterman
is Founding Editor and Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Computational Biology. His research has focused on
computational analysis of molecular sequence data. His best-known work is the co-development of the local alignment
Smith-Waterman algorithm, which has become the foundational tool for database search methods. His interests have
also encompassed physical mapping, as exemplified by the Lander-Waterman formulas, and genome sequence assembly
using an Eulerian path method. Simon Tavaré holds the George and Louise Kawamoto Chair in Biological Sciences
and is a Professor of Biological Sciences, Mathematics, and Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California.
Professor Tavaré's research lies at the interface between statistics and biology, specifically focusing
on problems arising in molecular biology, human genetics, population genetics, molecular evolution, and bioinformatics.
His statistical interests focus on stochastic computation. Among the applications are linkage disequilibrium mapping,
stem cell evolution, and inference in the fossil record. Dr. Tavaré is also a professor in the Department
of Oncology at the University of Cambridge, England, where his group concentrates on cancer genomics. Richard C.
Deonier is Professor Emeritus in the Molecular and Computational Biology Section of the Department of Biological
Sciences at the University of Southern California. Originally trained as a physical biochemist, His major research
has been in areas of molecular genetics, with particular interests in physical methods for gene mapping, bacterial
transposable elements, and conjugative plasmids. During 30 years of active teaching, he has taught chemistry, biology,
and computational biology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.