bioinformatics

American  

[bahy-oh-in-fer-mat-iks] / ˌbaɪ oʊˌɪn fərˈmæt ɪks /

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. the retrieval and analysis of biochemical and biological data using mathematics and computer science, as in the study of genomes.

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bioinformatics British  

/ ˌbaɪəʊˌɪnfəˈmætɪks /

noun

1. the branch of information science concerned with large databases of biochemical or pharmaceutical information

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bioinformatics Scientific  

/ bī′ō-ĭn′fər-măt′ĭks /

1. Information technology as applied to the life sciences, especially the technology used for the collection and analysis of genomic data.

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Etymology

Origin of bioinformatics

First recorded in 1975–80; bio- ( def. ) + informatics ( def. )

Example Sentences

Overall, the research underscores the growing importance of bioinformatics, plant pathology, and collaboration across scientific fields.

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"Modern dogs, especially pet dogs, can seem so removed from wolves, which are often demonized," said the study's lead author Audrey Lin, a Gerstner Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology at the American Museum of Natural History.

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The ability to snack on synthetic carbon may confer a crucial survival advantage, noted Intikhab Alam, a senior bioinformatics researcher and co-leader of the study.

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The researchers also used specialized bioinformatics software from the Feist Lab to pinpoint genetic changes that increased the microbes' productivity.

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"The genome downsizing of the spider D. tilosensis, associated with the colonization process of the Canary Island, is one of the first documented cases of drastic genome downsizing using high-quality reference genomes," says Professor Julio Rozas, director of the Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics research group.

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