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This tutorial introduces basic programming in Bioperl, focusing on sequence objects and data retrieval from GenBank.
Brian Osborne and James Thompson have written a Bioperl HOWTO for beginners, for those who are interested in learning about Bioperl but have done very little programmming. Topics include creating a Sequence object, I/O and files, retrieving from Genbank, and using the Sequence object. All HOWTOs are published on the bioperl website.
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