AlexanderFillbrunn
AlexanderFillbrunn
/ seq_repair.py
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December 6, 2018 08:32
Remove insertions and deletions in a String given a reference
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| This script repairs insertions and deletions in a sequence by replacing them | |
| with the correct value from a reference sequence, but keeps replacements. | |
| The algorithm calculates a Levenshtein matrix first and then retraces the path | |
| of least distances from the bottom right to the top left. Depending on the | |
| movement along that path, it indentifies the different types of modifications | |
| and fixes them if they are insertions or deletions. | |
| Examples: |