The new field of science called _______ lies at the interface between biology and computer science. It is focused on developing the computational methods needed to extract useful biological information from the sequence of billions of bases of DNA.
A) systems biology 100
B) genome wide association studies
C) microarray
D) bioinformatics

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The field of science described in the sentence is bioinformatics, which specifically involves the use of computational methods in the analysis of biological data. Systems biology (A) involves the study of complex biological systems as a whole, while genome-wide association studies (B) focus on identifying genetic variations associated with particular diseases or traits. Microarrays (C) are a tool used in genetics research to simultaneously analyze the expression of thousands of genes.

The New Field of Science Called _______ Lies at the Interface