Phylogenetic Analysis

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Internet resources) and Chapter 4 (computer graphics). Computational applications in structural biochemistry are described in Chapter 5 (biochemical compounds) and then in Chapters 14 and 15 (molecular modeling). Dynamic biochemistry is treated in Chapter 6 (biomolecular interactions), Chapter 7 (enzyme kinetics), and Chapter 8 (metabolic simulation). Information biochemistry that overlaps bioinformatics and utilizes the Internet resources extensively is discussed in Chapters 9 and 10 (genomics), Chapters 11 and 12 (proteomics), and Chapter 13 (phylogenetic analysis).I would like to thank all the authors who elucidate sequences and 3D structures of nucleic acids as well as proteins, and they kindly place such valuable information in the public domain. The contributions of all the authors who develop algorithms for free access on the Web sites and who provide highly useful software programs for free distribution are gratefully acknowledged. I thank them for granting me the permissions to reproduce their web pages, online and e-mail returns. I am grateful to Drs. Athel Cornish-Bowden (Leonora), Tom Hall (BioEdit), Petr Kuzmic (DynaFit), and Pedro Mendes (Gepasi) for the consents to use their software programs. The effort of all the developers and managers of the many outstanding Web sites are most appreciated. The development of this text would not have been possible without the contribution and generosity of these investigators, authors, and developers. I am thankful to Dr. D. R. Wiles for reading parts of this manuscript. It is my pleasure to state that the writing of this text has been a family effort. My wife, Alice, has been most instrumental in helping me complete this text by introducing and continuously coaching me on the wonderful world of microcomputers. My son, Willis, and my daughter, Ellie, have assisted me in various stages of this endeavor. The credit for the realization of this textbook goes to Luna Han, Editor, and Danielle Lacourciere, Associate Managing Editor, of John Wiley & Sons. This book is dedicated to Alice.