Exploring evolutionary patterns in data
First of all, what is R and why do we use it? R is a programming language developed by statisticians Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman. It is currently maintained by the R Core Team. R comes with many useful tools Continue Reading …
Whether you’re studying a course or self learning it’s nice to be able to check your code. It’s time to introduce code linters. A linter checks your code for typos, unused variables and general formatting. These tools are particularly helpful Continue Reading …
To get started and work through the tutorials I post on this site you will need the following essentials. Hardware 1. A computer A computer, Ideally with a Linux operating system or partition. Most bioinformatic tools require at least 4GB Continue Reading …
I’m a molecular biologist/bioinformatician who explores evolutionary questions using sequence data. I started off learning command-line tools in Unix and went on to learn R and Python programming. These have become a holy trinity of skills that I use on Continue Reading …