This document discusses molecular biology concepts for computer scientists and tools for creating glossaries and displaying acronyms. It introduces BioRender, a tool for creating biological diagrams and illustrations. It then evaluates different LaTeX packages for creating glossaries and displaying acronyms, finding that the glossaries-extra package allows for creating both a glossary and acronyms. It concludes that BioRender is easy to use and has a useful icon library, and that glossaries-extra is effective for defining terms and acronyms.

1. BioRender & Glossary/Acronym
March 25th, 2020
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2. Molecular biology for computer scientists
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3. Molecular biology for computer scientists
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4. Molecular biology for computer scientists
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5. BioRender
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6. BioRender
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7. BioRender
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8. BioRender
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9. BioRender
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10. BioRender
After 2 hours
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11. Glossary & acronym
Latex package Glossary Acronym
acronym N/A Good
glossaries Good Simple
glossaries-extra Good Good
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12. Glossary & acronym
Latex package Glossary Acronym
acronym N/A Good
glossaries Good Simple
glossaries-extra Good Good
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13. Glossary
newglossaryentry{gene}{
name = {gene},
description = {a sequence of
nucleotides that encodes
the synthesis of a protein}
}
The concept of gls{gene} continues to
be refined as new phenomena are
discovered. Glspl{gene} can acquire
mutations in their sequence.
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14. Glossary
newglossaryentry{gene}{
name = {gene},
description = {a sequence of
nucleotides that encodes
the synthesis of a protein}
}
The concept of gls{gene} continues to
be refined as new phenomena are
discovered. Glspl{gene} can acquire
mutations in their sequence.
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15. Glossary
newglossaryentry{gene}{
name = {gene},
description = {a sequence of
nucleotides that encodes
the synthesis of a protein}
}
The concept of gls{gene} continues to
be refined as new phenomena are
discovered. Glspl{gene} can acquire
mutations in their sequence.
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16. Acronym
newabbreviation{RNA}{RNA}{ribonucleic
acid}
newabbreviation{snorna}{snoRNA}{smal
l nucleolar gls{RNA}}
Here is an example of the acronym
gls{snorna}. This is the second time
gls{snorna} is used. Gls{snorna} can
also appear at the beginning of the
sentence.
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17. Acronym
newabbreviation{RNA}{RNA}{ribonucleic
acid}
newabbreviation{snorna}{snoRNA}{smal
l nucleolar gls{RNA}}
Here is an example of the acronym
gls{snorna}. This is the second time
gls{snorna} is used. Gls{snorna} can
also appear at the beginning of the
sentence.
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18. Displaying the definition
printglossaries
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19. Conclusion
BioRender
- Easy to use
- Useful icon library
Glossaries-extra
- Glossary
- Acronym
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