Chapter 1 Introduction

In this chapter, we mainly introduce the past, present and future of bioinformatics from various aspects, as well as its application areas and current challenges.

If you want to learn more about the brief history of Bioinformatics, please further read this article published in Briefings in Bioinformatics, A brief history of bioinformatics.

1.1 On data in our life

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1.2 What is Bioinformatics

1.3 History of Bioinformatics

1.4 Applications of Bioinformatics

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1.5 Bioinformatics in big data era

1.6 Summary and pespective

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