A biologist is using computer programs and mathematical tools to assemble a large sequence of DNA from the data provided by multiple parallel runs of high-throughput sequencing.The term that best describes this biologist's field of study is
A) functional genomics.
B) comparative genomics.
C) metagenomics.
D) biodiversity.
E) bioinformatics.

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The use of computer programs and mathematical tools to analyze and interpret biological data, including DNA sequencing data, is known as bioinformatics. Therefore, the biologist in question is likely working in the field of bioinformatics. The other answer choices (A: functional genomics, B: comparative genomics, C: metagenomics, and D: biodiversity) may also involve the use of DNA sequencing data, but they do not specifically refer to the use of computational tools and software in analyzing the data.

A Biologist Is Using Computer Programs and Mathematical Tools to Assemble