Biological Sequence Analysis (BSA) by Durbin et al has become almost the defacto standard textbooy for teaching bioinformatics. And like most texts it presents a series of problems for the student to solve.



Because of the rapid growth of bioinformatics, the schools have attracted a large number of students that have come from a wide variety of educational backgrounds. As a result, the presumptions made by the authors on the mathematical ability of the students studying BSA is at variance from the students now using the book.



This book is intended to provide these students with a 'cram course' in the mathematics they will need to tackle the BSA problems. It starts by providing detailed solutions to the problems presented in BSA, it then extends the set of workable problems to further develop the problem solving skills of the students.



This book might be viewed as a 360 page supplement to BSA. It's mathematics is not trivial, but is necessary for the student to succeed in the bioinformatics field. It is a book that the unprepared student will spend many hours studying.