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MATH 578b Computational Molecular Biology

Units: 3
Terms Offered: FaSp
Applications of the mathematical, statistical and computational sciences to data from molecular biology. Statistics for genomic sequence data: DNA sequence assembly, significance of alignment scores, hidden Markov models, genetic mapping, models of sequence evolution, and microarray analysis.
Prerequisite: MATH 505a , MATH 541a .
Recommended Preparation: familiarity with the concepts of basic molecular biology as covered in BISC 320 .
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter