Comparative Genomics: RECOMB 2006 International Workshop, RECOMB-CG 2006, Montreal, Canada, September 24-26, 2006, Proceedings: 4205 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 4205) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540445293 ISBN 13: 9783540445296

Publisher: Springer, 2006

Synopsis

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th RECOMB Comparative Genomics Satellite Workshop, RECOMB-CG 2006. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 initial submissions. The papers address a broad variety of aspects and components of the field of comparative genomics, ranging from new quantitative discoveries about genome structure and process to theorems on the complexity of computational problems inspired by genome comparison.

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"Comparative genomics is an exciting new field of bioinformatics dealing with problems of vital importance for many areas in biology. ... This volume contains the 17 fully refereed papers presented at the fourth meeting, held in Montreal in September 2006. ... I consider this book essential for libraries aiming to support research in any field of bioinformatics." (N. Sapidis, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (4), April, 2008)

Synopsis

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th RECOMB Comparative Genomics Satellite Workshop, RECOMB-CG 2006, held in Montreal, Canada in September 2006. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 34 initial submissions. The papers address a broad variety of aspects and components of the field of comparative genomics, ranging from new quantitative discoveries about genome structure and process to theorems on the complexity of computational problems inspired by genome comparison.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540445293
• ISBN 13: 9783540445296
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 241
• Editor: Bourque Guillaume, El' Mabrouk Nadja