| dc.creator |
Lyantagaye, Sylvester L. |
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| dc.date |
2016-05-05T14:08:59Z |
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| dc.date |
2016-05-05T14:08:59Z |
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| dc.date |
2014 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2018-03-27T08:59:56Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2018-03-27T08:59:56Z |
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| dc.identifier |
Lyantagaye, S.L., 2014. Current status and future perspectives of bioinformatics in Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 39(1), pp.1-11. |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1831 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/1831 |
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| dc.description |
The main bottleneck in advancing genomics in present times is the lack of expertise in using
bioinformatics tools and approaches for data mining in raw DNA sequences generated by modern
high throughput technologies such as next generation sequencing. Although bioinformatics has
been making major progress and contributing to the development in the rest of the world, it has
still not yet fully integrated the tertiary education and research sector in Tanzania. This review
aims to introduce a summary of recent achievements, trends and success stories of application of
bioinformatics in biotechnology. The applications of bioinformatics in the fields such as molecular
biology, biotechnology, medicine and agriculture, the global trend of bioinformatics, accessibility
bioinformatics products in Tanzania, bioinformatics training initiatives in Tanzania, the future
prospects of bioinformatics use in biotechnology globally and Tanzania in particular are
reviewed. The paper is of interest and importance to rouse public awareness of the new
opportunities that could be brought about by bioinformatics to address many research problems
relevant to Tanzania and sub-Sahara Africa |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.subject |
Bioinformatics |
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| dc.subject |
Biotechnology |
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| dc.subject |
Genomics |
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| dc.subject |
Tanzania |
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| dc.title |
Current Status and Future Perspectives of Bioinformatics in Tanzania |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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