Recent
years have seen an explosive growth in biological data. Large sequencing
projects are producing increasing quantities of nucleotide sequences. The
contents of nucleotide databases are doubling in size approximately every 14
months. The latest release of GenBank (V.139) exceeded two billion base pairs.
Not only the size of sequence data is rapidly increasing, but also the number
of characterized genes from many organisms and protein structures doubles
about every two years. To cope with this great quantity of data, a new
scientific discipline has emerged: bioinformatics,
biocomputing or computational biology
ENTRIES
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BASES
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SPECIES
Homo
sapiens
Mus
musculus
Rattus
norvegicus
Bos
taurus
Zea mays
Sus
scrofa
Danio
rerio
Oryza sativa
Japonica Group
Strongylocentrotus
purpuratus
Nicotiana
tabacum
Xenopus
(Silurana) tropicalis
Pan
troglodytes
Drosophila
melanogaster
Arabidopsis
thaliana
Vitis
vinifera
Gallus
gallus
Macaca
mulatta
Ciona
intestinalis
Canis lupus
familiaris
Triticum
aestivum