Annals of Botany 93: 615-616, 2004
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Stekel, D. Microarray bioinformatics
Microarray Bioinformatics.
Stekel D, 2003.
Cambridge University Press.
£75 (hardback), £28 (softback). 263 pp.
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Microarray technology offers biologists the chance to measure the expression levels of tens of thousands of mRNA species simultaneously, by quantifying fluorescence levels of dye-labelled mRNAs bound to their complementary targets on a glass slide. The design, execution and analysis of microarray experiments requires a wide range of practical, computing and statistical knowledge. Gaining the necessary background information from the primary literature would be time consuming, hence the availability of several text books in this field. According to the back cover, Dov Stekels book sets out to be a