Python for the Life Sciences A Gentle Introduction to Python for Life Scientists /

• Main Authors: Lancaster, Alexander (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Webster, Gordon (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Python (Computer program language).; Open source software.; Computer programming.; Python.; Open Source.

Written in a fun, accessible and engaging style, this book will introduce you to the Python language with fully worked examples of Python code drawn from all aspects of life sciences, including bioinformatics, structural biology, developmental biology, and evolutionary biology and ecology. Using fam...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Getting Started with Python
• 2. Python at the Lab Bench
• 3. Making Sense of Sequences
• 4. A Statistical Interlude
• 5. Open Doors to your Data
• 6. Finding Needles in Haystacks
• 7. Object Lessons
• 8. Slicing and Dicing Genomic Data
• 9. The Wells! The Wells!
• 10. Well on the Way
• 11. Molecules in 3D
• 12. Turning Genes on and off
• 13. Taming the Network Hairball
• 14. Genetic Feedback Loops
• 15. Growing a Virtual Garden
• 16. How the Leopard got its Spots
• 17. Foxes Guarding Hen Houses
• 18. A Virtual Flu Epidemic
• 19. Retracing Life's Footsteps.