Bioinformatics and Mutations: New Techniques and Applications
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinformatics and Systems Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 3019
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The efficient identification and analysis of both somatic and germline mutations remains an important research topic in computational biology. New sequencing techniques pose new problems, and the improvement or optimization of computational tools for existing techniques helps to increase the reliability of bioinformatics methods for clinical applications and personalized medicine. In addition, the intelligent use of existing tools can lead to important novel insights.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for new techniques and methods as well as new applications of computational approaches to the identification and study of mutations, including structural variants.
The topic of this Special Issue is deliberately broad, including but not limited to:
- Mutational processes, mutational patterns and mutational signatures;
- Single-nucleotide variants, indels and structural variants;
- Germline mutations in hereditary disorders and somatic mutations in cancer;
- Evolutionary studies;
- Metagenomics;
- Novel methods and the use of existing approaches to provide novel insights.
We welcome papers that describe your latest developments and new findings, or review articles that portray the state of the art from a new perspective.
Prof. Dr. Rosario M. Piro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cancer genomics
- somatic mutations
- mutation patterns
- mutational signatures
- mutational processes
- computational oncology
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