If you lack the requisite biology background
Intro to molecular biology for computer scientistis
((Larry Hunter)
Chapter 3 of Jones and Pevsner
genes VII, Benjamin Lewin - an extensive (990 pages!) overview of genes and how they work.
Relevant Seminars at penn
Penn Bioinformatics Forum
Penn Genomics Institute (PGI) calendar
CBIL reading gro up
Other useful links
Molecular g enetics pointers
(Sean Eddy)
Intro to sequ ence analysis
(Sean Eddy)
reading list
((Larry Hunter)
Bioinf ormatics at other universitites