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<h2><strong>1. Principle of Bioinformatics</strong></h2>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: medium">Definition of bioinformatics</span></b></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000">'Bio-' </span>word orginated from Greek (biography), it means a combining form 'life' . If&nbsp; 'Bio'&nbsp; play a role of prefix, it indicate and involve life or living organisms.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000">'informat(ion) + -ics' </span>is information science. It means this science has all processes what informations are gathering, manipulating, storing, retrieving and classifying.</p>
<p>In my own word, the definition of bioinformatics is all processes that information related to living organisms and life are gathering, manipulating, storing, retireving and classifying.</p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: medium">Principle of bioinformatics</span></b></p>
<p>Figure1 is level of biological&nbsp;organization, this order from smallest to largest : atom&nbsp;&rarr; molecule&rarr;&nbsp;macromolecule&rarr;&nbsp;organelle&rarr;&nbsp;cell&rarr;&nbsp;tissue&rarr;&nbsp;organ&rarr;&nbsp;organ system&rarr;&nbsp;Whole organism.&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-size: x-small"><span style="font-size: medium"><img style="width: 332px; height: 343px" alt="" width="590" height="630" src="/ckfinder/userfiles/images/40040_bio_organization.gif" /></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: xx-small"><b>Figure1. Levels of organization (from biology keystone exam preparation)</b></span></p>
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