What is computational biology

Computational biology is a field of biology that uses computers to analyse the collected database using mathematics and statistics. Information may be collected from different sources such as molecular research studies, environmental research, clinical trials, tissue specimens, and scientific journals. This computational biology is also known as bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics includes a combination of different sciences like chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, statistics, information engineering and interpretation of biological data. Bioinformatics has been used to analyse biological queries using computational and statistical techniques.

Bioinformatics is a field of science that is similar in many respects but still distinct from biological computation. Biological computation is based on bioengineering, in contrast, bioinformatics uses computation to better understand biology. Whereas both bioinformatics and biological computation involve the analysis of biological data, particularly DNA, RNA, and protein sequences. 

FAQs

Q1. What is computational biology?

Ans1. Computational biology is a field of biology that uses computers to analyse the collected database using mathematics and statistics.

Q2. What is Bioinformatics?

Ans2. Bioinformatics includes a combination of different sciences like chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, statistics, information engineering and interpretation of biological data. It has been used to analyse biological queries using computational and statistical techniques.