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R Bioinformatics Cookbook

By : Dan MacLean
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R Bioinformatics Cookbook

By: Dan MacLean

Overview of this book

Handling biological data effectively requires an in-depth knowledge of machine learning techniques and computational skills, along with an understanding of how to use tools such as edgeR and DESeq. With the R Bioinformatics Cookbook, you’ll explore all this and more, tackling common and not-so-common challenges in the bioinformatics domain using real-world examples. This book will use a recipe-based approach to show you how to perform practical research and analysis in computational biology with R. You will learn how to effectively analyze your data with the latest tools in Bioconductor, ggplot, and tidyverse. The book will guide you through the essential tools in Bioconductor to help you understand and carry out protocols in RNAseq, phylogenetics, genomics, and sequence analysis. As you progress, you will get up to speed with how machine learning techniques can be used in the bioinformatics domain. You will gradually develop key computational skills such as creating reusable workflows in R Markdown and packages for code reuse. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of the most important and widely used techniques in bioinformatic analysis and the tools you need to work with real biological data.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Preface

In R Bioinformatics Cookbook, you will encounter common and not-so-common challenges in the bioinformatics domain using real-world examples.

This book will use a recipe-based approach to help you perform practical research and analysis in computational biology with R. You will gain an understanding of your data through the analysis of Bioconductor, ggplot, and the tidyverse library in bioinformatics. You will be introduced to a number of essential tools in Bioconductor so that you can understand and carry out protocols in RNAseq, phylogenetics, genomics, and sequence analysis. You will also learn how machine learning techniques can be used in the bioinformatics domain. You will develop key computational skills, such as developing workflows in R Markdown and designing your own packages for efficient and reproducible code reuse.

By the end of this book, you'll have a solid understanding of the most important and widely used techniques in bioinformatic analysis, as well as the tools you'll need to work with real biological data.