Covers fundamental aspects of sequence analysis in evolutionary biology, such as sequence alignment, phylogeny reconstruction, and coalescent simulation

Covers the material exclusively through 400 computer problems to enable learning by doing

Offers solutions to all problems to encourage self-study at a pace determined by the student



Contains over 30 programs written specifically for this book, which are provided as source code for further study

Ensures long-term usability of the course material by concentrating on fundamental concepts and utilizing the UNIX command line