Re^4: genetic algorithm for motif finding

~~You can learn a bit of bioinformatics at Rosalind. By solving problems, you not only gain XP and contest, but also learn about the underlying science.~~

You can learn half jargon here

Seriously, the problem with bioinformatics they want to turn every programmer into a bioinformatician -- its like wanting to turn every electricial into an electrical engineer

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Re^5: genetic algorithm for motif finding by bioinformatics (Friar) on Aug 14, 2013 at 06:43 UTC
Not sure what you mean. The point isn't to have every programmer be a bioinformatician. For those programmers that are interested, then they can choose to look further into the application of programming, etc. to biology. The number of posts on PerlMonks by bioinformaticists is due to the long legacy of Perl in Systems Administration and Bioinformatics (where SAs were the first bioinformaticists for the most part). Bioinformatics	[reply]
Re^6: genetic algorithm for motif finding by Anonymous Monk on Aug 14, 2013 at 07:09 UTC
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