In previous courses in the Specialization, we have discussed how to sequence and compare genomes. This course will cover advanced topics in finding mutations lurking within DNA and proteins.
This course is part of the Bioinformatics Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
4 hours to complete
Week 1: Introduction to Read Mapping
4 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 33 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Week 2: The Burrows-Wheeler Transform
4 hours to complete
3 videos (Total 21 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Week 3: Speeding Up Burrows-Wheeler Read Mapping
4 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 22 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes
4 hours to complete
Week 4: Introduction to Hidden Markov Models
4 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 42 min)
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TOP REVIEWS FROM FINDING MUTATIONS IN DNA AND PROTEINS (BIOINFORMATICS VI)
by ZXJul 20, 2019
In depth and comprehensive coverage of the topics in genetic data analysis.
by SCSep 15, 2018
Really enjoyed this course. It was great to get to build on work from previous courses.
by RGApr 13, 2020
It was probably my favorite in this specialization (at least, out of first six).
by JMJun 22, 2020
Really loved learning about suffix trees/arrays, BWT, Pattern matching, HMMs!
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