Short description Throughout the biology community, the use of computers has had a tremendous, ever-increasing impact on our ability to make progress in biomedical research and related areas of biology. Now, this new edition of the best-selling book is available with significant revisions to reflect the latest findings, tools, techniques, and understanding in the field. Lavishly illustrated and featuring over 500 figures and tables, this important book is ideal as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in the biological and computer sciences.