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How long does it take to read Bioinformatics for Dummies?

Jean-Michel Claverie

Bioinformatics for Dummies by Jean-Michel Claverie takes about 8 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 8 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 2003. 444 pages, about 122,100 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 34 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 8 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Were you always curious about biology but were afraid to sit through long hours of dense reading? Did you like the subject when you were in high school but had other plans after you graduated? Now you can explore the human genome and analyze DNA without ever leaving your desktop! Bioinformatics For Dummies is packed with valuable information that introduces you to this exciting new discipline. This easy-to-follow guide leads you step by step through every bioinformatics task that can be done over the Internet. Forget long equations, computer-geek gibberish, and installing bulky programs that slow down your computer. You'll be amazed at all the things you can accomplish just by logging on and following these trusty directions. You get the tools you need to: Analyze all types of sequences Use all types of databases Work with DNA and protein sequences Conduct similarity searches Build a multiple sequence alignment Edit and publish alignments Visualize protein 3-D structures Construct phylogenetic trees This up-to-date second edition includes newly created and popular databases and Internet programs as well as multiple new genomes. It provides tips for using servers and places to seek resources to find out about what's going on in the bioinformatics world. Bioinformatics For Dummies will show you how to get the most out of your PC and the right Web tools so you'll be searching databases and analyzing sequences like a pro!

Subjects: Bio-informatica, Bio-informatique, Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Nonfiction, Science

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