BioinformaticsBioinformatics AdvancesPeer-reviewed
MosaicLev: Modified Levenshtein distance for mobile element-aware genome comparison
Harry Stoltz, Thomas E. Kuhlman
The paper introduces a modified Levenshtein distance to improve genome comparison by accounting for mobile element insertions, showing improved discrimination between specific mobile elements in phage genomes.
DOI 10.1093/bioadv/vbag261