Bio Informatics
Bio informatics is the application of information technology to the management of bio logical data. It is interdisciplinary area of science where mathematics , statistics,and computer science are applied to data produced by experimental work in bio chemistry,cell,biology and genetics. The need for merging of the biological sciences with the world of It and computer science has mainly arisen due to the huge amount of information being produced from the study of genetic material .
KEYWORDS:
Mapping is the process of splitting each chromosome into smaller fragments,which could be propagated and characterized and placed back in correct order on each chromosome. Sequencing is a process of determination of the order of the nucleotides(base sequences) in DNA or RNA molecule,the order of amino acids protein. Genomics refers to the number of genes ,the function of genes the location and regulation of genes.
Role Of Engineers
The IT applications used by various Bio Tech companies and research organizations can be roughly split into three areas.
Ø The intial data acquisition , mapping and sequencing usually facilitated via modular programs
Ø The storage and implementation of central data bases containing base sequence information
Ø The software that allows manipulation of this data.this software can be split into two areas :
Sequence searc hand retrival programs,and data visualization packages.
The second and third areas together contribute to the data mining.
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