Perl is frequently used for applications in [[genomics]], [[bioinformatics]], and other areas of [[computational biology]]. It is especially suited to these purposes due to its efficient handling of [[String|strings]] and regular expressions. An open-source series of Perl modules known as BioPerl is frequently used by biologists. | Perl is frequently used for applications in [[genomics]], [[bioinformatics]], and other areas of [[computational biology]]. It is especially suited to these purposes due to its efficient handling of [[String|strings]] and regular expressions. An open-source series of Perl modules known as BioPerl is frequently used by biologists. |