BIOL 315 - Bioinformatics

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An introduction to the use of bioinformatics tools to answer biological questions. Students will use a variety of computer analysis tools to retrieve information from nucleic acid or protein sequence databases; perform sequence comparisons; view and manipulate protein structure, and gain experience applying such tools to questions that might be asked in medicine, forensics or other areas of biology. Three lecture hours each week. Fall semester, odd numbered years. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 111, BIOL 201.