Chapter 1 Welcome
Welcome to Bioinformatics Algorithms!
Thank you for joining us!
If you're on the go, you can obtain a print companion directly or at Amazon. The print companion contains bonus content not featured in the interactive text in the form of "Detours" providing bonus material as well as "Charging Stations" providing guidance on how to implement the algorithms you encounter.
There is also an interactive version of this textbook available at an exciting educational platform called Cogniterra. As you read, you will find lots of interactive features we have added to make this book fun. As you progress, you will find STOP and Think questions helping you reflect on the material, Exercise Breaks testing your knowledge, and Code Challenges allowing you to implement the bioinformatics algorithms that you encounter. Cogniterra contains automatically graded code assignments for every problem in this book.
Below, you'll find the excellent work of Randall Christopher, who brought our goofy ideas to life with cover art for every chapter.
Yet our most important critic is YOU. We have already made hundreds of changes to this text based on student feedback since 2013, and we plan to continue doing so.
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