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Bioinformatics is a growing multidisciplinary field of science comprising biology, computer science, and mathematics. It is the theoretical and computational arm of modern biology. In other words, bioinformatics is a tool in the hands of biologists for analyzing huge amount of biological data available on mainstream public databases. Currently, bioinformatics has gained variety of applications in agriculture, medicine, engineering, and natural science. This book discusses a small portion of these applications along with basic concepts and fundamental techniques in bioinformatics | BIOINFORMATICS -TRENDS AND METHODOLOGIES Edited by Mahmood A. Mahdavi Bioinformatics - Trends and Methodologies Edited by Mahmood A. Mahdavi Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution license which permits to copy distribute transmit and adapt the work in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Petra Nenadic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Jan Hyrat Image Copyright Sashkin 2011. Used under license from First published October 2011 Printed in Croatia A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Bioinformatics - Trends and Methodologies Edited by Mahmood A. Mahdavi p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-282-1 ikrrr iJ OPEN ACCESS INI Cvn PUBLISHER INTECH open free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at .