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bioinformatics

[‚bī·ō‚in·fər′mad·iks]
(computer science)
The use of computers to study biological systems.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

bioinformatics

(application)
The field of science concerning the application of computer science and information technology to biology; using computers to handle biological information, especially computational molecular biology.
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Total RNA samples were sent to Oregon State University Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing Core facilities for library preparation and sequencing.
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uberis used in the present experiment was isolated from a mastitic cow and the strain determined using DNA isolated from the bacteria using a DNA Clean & Concentrator-5 (cat# D4013, Zymo Research, Tustin, CA) and submitted for Sanger sequencing at Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing at Oregon State University.
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