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.