How to become a programming tadpole
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Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics
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Biologists these days can generate vast quantities of data with relative ease. Bioinformaticians write the programs that facilitate the production and use of this data. It is possible get by using the many excellent bioinformatics tools, such as Blast, without having to learn to program. But researchers may find themselves performing a repetitive task, or scanning through large amounts of output by eye for a particular pattern. A little programming knowledge can be very useful in automating these tasks.
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Gilbert, J. How to become a programming tadpole. Nat Biotechnol 20, 221 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0302-221
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0302-221