Bioinformatics
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-7DF749----1.png)
Bioinformatics
RESEARCH TECHNIQUE![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Bioinformatics-011.jpg)
The use of computers to store, organize, and analyze biological data. The exponential growth of data produced with next-gen sequencing has made bioinformatics essential to genetics research.
EXAMPLES: genome assembly, genetic variant detection, and sequence alignment.
Graphic by GSA Deck