In the current era of complete genome sequencing, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to bioinformatics in the context of evolutionary biology. This accessible text:. :. ; provides a thorough examination of sequence analysis, biological databases, pattern recognition, and applications to genomics, microarrays, and proteomics. :. ; emphasizes the theoretical and statistical methods used in bioinformatics programs in a way that is accessible to biological science students. :. ; places bioinformatics in the context of evolutionary biology, includ.