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Introduction

the biological sciences, not least because of the great complexity of the phenomena

under investigation. Bioinformatics may be able to provide quantification for the vast

tracts of biology where it is so sorely needed. In essence, this amounts to the more

efficient utilization of data that is now available in vast quantities.

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