MCB 5472

Computer Methods in Molecular Evolution

Textbooks:

None is required but the following are recommended.

UnixPerlPrimer

Unix and Perl Primer for Biologists Keith Bradnam & Ian Korf Version 2.3.3 - November 2009.

Available at http://korflab.ucdavis.edu/Unix_and_Perl/unix_and_perl_v2.3.3.pdf

Beginners Perl for BioinformaticsMastering Perl for Bioinformatics

Beginning and Mastering Perl for Bioinformatics By: James Tisdall

Available through via safari online - search for Perl for Bioinformatics

UnixPerlPrimer

BLAST By: Ian Korf; Mark Yandell; Joseph Bedell Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Available through via safari online - search for BLAST

Understanding Bioinformatics by Marketa Zvelebil and Jeremy Baum

Publisher: Garland Science; 1 edition (August 29, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0815340249

Recommended by people in my lab

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Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins, Third Edition

Edited by Andreas D. Baxevanis and B. F. Francis Ouellette

The book covers many aspect of bioinformatics that we do not cover in class, but it is an excellent reference. The section on phylogenetics is rather weak, but you have your instructors to provide you with much more detail.

Includes a very short Perl primer at the end

Don't buy the 2nd edition by mistake!

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Inferring Phylogenies
by Joe Felsenstein

ISBN: 0-87893-177-5;   $61.95 paper

Excellent book on phylogenetics and many aspects of population genetics (e.g., gene coalescence in populations, a topic that is rather relevant to species phylogenies in microorganisms :)).
For most MCBler this is not exactly bedtime reading, but if you need a well founded thorough explanation, this is a good book to consult.

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Bioinformatics And Molecular Evolution (Paperback)
by Paul G. Higgs, Teresa K. Attwood

The authors discuss in detail many applications in molecular evolution and bioinformatics. This book should be very useful to those who want to study some aspects of things covered in this course in more detail.

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Essential Bioinformatics (Paperback)
by Jin Xiong

Excellent book, it provides a very readable and concise overview of the most important tools and concepts in Bioinformatics

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Learning Perl,
Fourth Edition
By Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, brian d foy
Fourth Edition July 2005
ISBN: 0-596-10105-8

This book is available via safari online - search for learning PERL

Molecular Evolution : A Phylogenetic Approach
by Roderic D. M. Page, Edward C. Holmes

Paperback - 352 pages (October 1998)

Blackwell Science Inc; ISBN: 0865428891

This book gives an excellent introduction to terms, methods, and problems in molecular evolution.  It does not contain details on individual algorithm, but it provides a very readable overview. 
Rather expensive and outdated!
(Borrow it to read, don't buy)

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