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Software Operating systems Available froma
CODEHOP On-line http://blocks.fhcrc.org/blocks/codehop.html
DegenDesigner UNIX ftp anonymous evolution.bchs.uh.edu
(Directory/pub/gene-server/unix)
Primer Design DOS ftp anonymous ftp.chemie.uni-marburg.de
(Directory/pub/PrimerDesign)
Primer-Master DOS ftp anonymous ftp.ebi.ac.uk
(Directory/pub/software/dos)
PRIMER-MIT UNIX, Mac, DOS ftp anonymous genome.wi.mit.edu
(Directory/pub/software/primer)
Primers! Mac ftp anonymous wuarchive.wustl.edu
(Directory/systems/mac/info-mac/sci/primers-
10-installer.hqx)
Primer Selection (VGC) On-line http://alces.med.umn.edu/vgc.html
Primer Selection (USC) On-line http://norp5424b.hsc.usc.edu/genetools.html
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