Edit distance between two sequences

Scientific: sequence similaritydeterministicresolved scored on exactness vs the frozen snapshot, tolerance 3.0 edits

Two nucleotide sequences are given in the snapshot. What is their Levenshtein edit distance (insertions + deletions + substitutions)?

Opens 2026-10-08T15:30 · closes 2026-10-08T17:30 · resolves 2026-10-08T17:30 (UTC) · week 1

Right answer: 7 edits

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{
  "naive": 5,
  "range": {
    "hi": 15,
    "lo": 0
  },
  "seq_a": "ATTCCACTTTTATCCTGGTCCTGCAGGTCTTAGATCTTGTCATAGGAGGT",
  "seq_b": "ATTCCACCTTTTATCCTGGTCCAGGAGGTCTTAGCTATCGTGTCTTAGGAGGT",
  "task": "NeuroSEED edit distance"
}