5.5 - Applications in Genetics
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Practice Questions
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What three operations constitute Edit Distance?
💡 Hint: Think about how you can change one word to another.
Calculate the Edit Distance: 'cat' to 'cut'.
💡 Hint: What's the difference in the characters?
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What does Edit Distance measure?
💡 Hint: Think about what it takes to change one word into another.
True or False: The Levenshtein distance allows only insertions and deletions.
💡 Hint: Remember the three types of edits.
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Challenge Problems
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Given two words, 'abc' and 'def', compute the Edit Distance and discuss its implications.
💡 Hint: How many characters do you need to change to make them equal?
In a genetic study, the sequences 'ACGTACG' and 'ACGTTCG' have an Edit Distance of 1. Explain what that implies about the species represented by these sequences.
💡 Hint: Focus on how small changes can imply close relationships in biology.
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