A Concise Overview of Bioinformatics

Abstract

Bioinformatics is a modern field of research that encompasses the use of computational techniques for analyzing biological data. Bioinformatics is directly connected to the central dogma of molecular biology, such as the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins. The first studies date back to the 1960s when standards were defined for the representation of proteins in files. However, it gained popularity in the early 2000s with the publication of the draft human genome. Nowadays, bioinformatics has stood out as an interdisciplinary science that uses growing computational power to help obtain new scientific discoveries. In this chapter, you will learn a little more about the fundamentals of bioinformatics.