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What is bioinformatics, and why is this discipline essential for studying genomes? Provide two examples of bioinformatics applications.
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This discipline is essential for studying genomes because it allows researchers to manage, process, and analyze the vast amounts of data generated by genomic sequencing and other high-throughput techniques, which would be impossible to do manually. Two examples Show more…
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