Chapter 1 presents fundamental concepts from molecular biology. We describe the basicstructure and function of proteins and nucleic acids, the mechanisms of molecular genetics,the most important laboratory techniques for studying the genome o f orga
WILEY SERIES IN MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY Editor-in-Chief Simon Levin Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, USA Associate Editors Zvia Agur, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Odo Diekmann, University of Utrecht