Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date Submitted |
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Printed | Page 11 Figure 1-3 |
The marker for "The Origin of Life" (presumably the Last Common Ancestor) is indicated to be between Eukaryotes and Archaea, but should be moved to the right of Archaea to indicate that it preceeds the split from eubacteria. Eukaryotes and Archea are thought to be more closely related to each other than to eubacteria and all three have the origin of life in common as prokaryotic common ancestor. |
Anonymous | Nov 18, 2008 |
Printed | Page 1 Chapter 1 |
I read the example chapter online, it's Chapter 1 but there are no page numbers. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 7 middle line between two sequence alignments "Query: 24" and "Sbjct: 17" |
In the book's first visual display of a sequence alignment on page 7, the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 25 last paragraph |
This section is about the translation of mRNA to protein, yet this |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 26 Figure 2-4 |
tRNA translation of GAU is shown as mapping to Gly, yet figure 2-3 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 36 1st paragraph, last sentence |
The word "protein" begins the sentence and should be capitalized: "Protein structure alignment tools are introduced in Chapter 10." |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 56 JDK/JRE; |
The text reads |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 67 3rd paragraph |
The directory "home/jambeck/mustelidae" should be changed to |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 74 long format of ls (code) |
"Mar5" should be changed to "Mar 5" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 95 seventh paragraph |
"meercat.txt" doesn't exist. It should be changed to "meercat10.txt". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 98 Status line |
It is a colon (:) not a semicolon (;) that is used to get to the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 99 2nd list item |
"r]" should be ":r" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 101 last section |
"- number" should be "-number" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 102 3rd paragraph |
"num" should be "number" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 103 second half |
If you use cut -f 1-2 sequence_data on the described file, you will get |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 103 command line example after 3rd paragraph |
the csplit example |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 110 options |
--help and --version are usable for all the given commands. Why did the |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 112-3 last paragraph |
The amino acid sequence in the seqres file starts at 14 and ends at 64, so |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 113 script |
The temporary file is not removed, and since authors are dealing within |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 115 first paragraph |
The directory "/home/httpd/html" is too specific. It would be better explain |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 115 Usages |
inconsistencies: telnet full.hostname and ftp full.host.name.edu |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 115 ftp section |
"The File Transfer Protocol (ftp)" should be "The File Transfer Protocol |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 116 3rd paragraph from the bottom |
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Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 120 3rd paragraph |
Can you briefly explain this sentence: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 122 list of top options |
"-d" should be "-d delay" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 123 last paragraph |
Since priority value is in range 1-19, writing "but unless you are root, |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 126 last paragraph |
/zeus: should be zeus: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 134 5th paragraph |
If you search for protein structure on Excite.... |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 142 3rd paragraph; The first sentence |
Reads: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 154 1st paragraph, 2nd sentence |
The forward reference promising to discuss the differences between PDB and mmCIF in Chapter 12 is not kept. Checking the index, neither PDB nor mmCIF has any entries between pages 331 and 349 -- all of Chapter 12. Actually reading through the chapter confirms that neither of those formats are discussed in the course of the chapter. Similarly scanning through the pages where "mmCIF" appears (according to the index) does not give me any further details about differences between the two, other than that mmCIF is newer and the 'community is still attached' to PDB. |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 160 Bottom paragraph |
The last sentence reads: |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 216 Section: A Word About.... 1st paragraph, last sentence |
The sentence promises to give an example of file-format conversion in Chapter 12. The examples in Chapter 12 deal with string/pattern searching/matching and parsing BLAST data to compile a report. If the BLAST parsing is the intended example, some other phrasing should be used instead of "file-format conversion" on page 216. Most anyone reading those words will think something similar to converting GIF to JPEG (image formats) rather than what's actually provided in Chapter 12. Or perhaps the example was omitted at printing and the reference to it here and elsewhere was not also removed? |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 218 Figure 9-1 |
N should be H on C with R2 |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 236 2nd full paragraph, line 2 |
"forwRasMolard" should be "forward". |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 245 5th paragraph - section CATH |
The URL for CATH sould read |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 246 last paragraph |
You mention that you do not know of any software that allows a user to "create |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 294 2nd paragraph, 2nd to last sentence |
"pheotype" should probably be "phenotype" |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 301 2nd paragraph |
The text at the end of paragraph 2 states: ...the fragment of a genome can be ordered |
Anonymous | |
Printed | Page 324 3rd paragraph |
Where would one locate PATH-DB? |
Anonymous |