Tools to detect synteny blocks regions among multiple genomes
The synteny block (which etymologically means “on the same ribbon”) is a collection of contiguous genes located on the same chromosome. These block regions have...2621 days ago
How to install Perl modules on Mac OS X in easy steps !!
Today at work, I learned how to install Perl modules using CPAN. It’s a lot easier than I thought. You see, for the past couple of years, I’ve been a bit...2764 days ago
Important Journals, Blogs and Forums for Bioinformaticians
Journals. Most journals have RSS feeds for their current updates. Bioinformatics - RSS feed of current and advance online publications Genome Research - current & a...2653 days ago
Basic command-line to run BLAST
The goal of this tutorial is to run you through a demonstration of the command line, which you may not have seen or used much before. All of the commands below can...2255 days ago
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Perl one-liner for beginners !
I often use the following arguments to perl: -e Makes the line of code be executed instead of a script -n Forces your line to be called in a loop. Allows you to take li...1392 days ago
Understanding DUMP files from NCBI Taxonomy database !
*.dmp files are bcp-like dump from GenBank taxonomy database General information. Field terminator is "\t|\t" Row terminator is "\t|\n" nodes.dmp file consists...671 days ago