An outline of informational genetics

• Main Author: Battail, Gérard.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2008.
• Series: Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering, #23.
• Subjects: Error-correcting codes (Information theory); Telecommunication > Study and teaching.; Molecular genetics.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.; Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Nov. 5, 2008).; Series from website.
• Physical Description: 1 electronic text (xviii, 187 p. : ill.) : digital file.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.; System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781598298291 (electronic bk.); 1598298291 (electronic bk.); 9781598298284 (pbk.); 1598298283 (pbk.)
• ISSN: 1930-0336
• Access: Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.

Providing geneticists with an introduction to information theory and error-correcting codes as necessary tools of hereditary communication is the primary goal of this book. Some biological consequences of their use are also discussed, and guesses about hypothesized genomic codes are presented. Another goal is prompting communication engineers to get interested in genetics and biology, thereby broadening their horizon far beyond the technological field, and learning from the most outstanding engineer: Nature.