Calculate pair-wise dissimilarity of DNA sequences in Python

Question

[songzewei]

Is there any available package in Python that can calculate dissimilarity between two DNA sequences using any alignment algorithm?

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Ram]

Maybe find the similarity and use the complement?

[songzewei]

yes, but I would like to know if there is any library or script available out there.

[Ram]

I guess you could use EMBOSS needle or water wrapped in BioPython: http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/_api_159/Bio.Emboss.Applications-module.html