Computational Biology
Also known asBiology, Computational · Computational Molecular Biology · Biologies, Computational Molecular · Biology, Computational Molecular · Computational Molecular Biologies · Molecular Biologies, Computational · Molecular Biology, Computational · Bio-Informatics · Bio-Informatic · Bio Informatics · Bioinformatics · Bioinformatic
Definition
A field of biology concerned with the development of techniques for the collection and manipulation of biological data, and the use of such data to make biological discoveries or predictions. This field encompasses all computational methods and theories for solving biological problems including manipulation of models and datasets.
MeSH classification
- H01.158.273.180
- L01.313.124
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Source: NIH MeSH 2026 (D019295) — National Library of Medicine, public domain. View official MeSH record ↗