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<p><span style="font-size: large">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="line-height: 90%; text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-special-format: bullet">&bull;</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; line-height: 90%; text-indent: -0.25in">Jong&rsquo;s definition</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">Bioinformatics is biology.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold"><br /> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">Why</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">?&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold"><br /> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri">Biology is aims to understand what life is. The essence of life is information processing.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri"><br /> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri">Therefore, bioinformatics, the study of life forms using inform</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">atics methods is the key of life science.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri"><br /> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri"><br /> </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri"><br /> </span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Calibri"><br /> </span></p> <div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: -0.25in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-special-format: bullet">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &bull;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">Technical definition of </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">bioinformatics</span></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: -0.25in">&nbsp;</div> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri">Bioinformatics is a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">discipline of science</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">&nbsp;that analyses, seeks understandin</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">models</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">&nbsp;the&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">whole&nbsp;life</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri"><br /> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri">as&nbsp;an&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">information&nbsp;processing&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">phoenomenon</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold"><br /> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri">utilizing&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">energy&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">with&nbsp;methods from&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">philosophy, mathematics and computer science&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold"><br /> </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Calibri">using&nbsp;measurable&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold">biological&nbsp;experimental data.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri">&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 10pt; line-height: 90%; text-indent: 0in"><span style="font-size: large">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0pt; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-left: 0in; 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