An Introduction and Applications of Bioinformatics

In the past few decades, bioinformatics has been extensively explored in many areas of biological sciences. It combines the principles of biology, computer science, mathematics, physics, and statistics to analyze and interpret biological data. It uses computation power, algorithm and software for extracting knowledge from biological data for analysis, prediction, imaging, and visualization purpose. In this chapter, we highlight recent developments in this field and how the potential of bioinformatics has harnessed in multiple disciplines.