Dec 05, 2025  
University Catalog 2025-2026 
    
University Catalog 2025-2026
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BIOL 3250 - Introduction to Bioinformatics

BINF 2500   This interdisciplinary course will introduce concepts in the application of computational approaches to solving problems in biology. Topics include basic principles of molecular biology, DNA/RNA sequencing, global, local and multiple sequence alignment, use of web databases, sequence assembly, and phylogenetics. Other topics will include methods to computationally find genomic abnormalities. The course will also provide a basic introduction to algorithmic approaches to implementing bioinformatics solutions. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1240 , BIOL 1240L , and CHEM 1020/1020D  with grades of ‘C’ or better. (3)



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