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The use of molecular data (of the type covered by this book) pervades many different whole organism courses, including those on evolution and ecology. This is the kind of text that is an ideal reference for students throughout the early years of their degree, even if it doesn't map perfectly to a particular unit.

This textbook is aimed at people interested in "whole organism" biology, rather than molecular biology, biochemistry or computational biology. Many biology undergraduates are scared of maths and statistics, and do not believe they can succeed in a field that relies on equations. This book will bring bioinformatics to these students through discussion, diagrams and case studies. The central theme will be that in order to get ecological or evolutionary information out of molecular data, you must understand the way that the molecular data evolves and the influence that the assumptions you make have on the answers you get.