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PCR can be one of the most tedious and boring aspects of biological lab work. A long day of oligo, primer, or siRNA design is painful and there exists a wealth of commercial and freely available applications to help alleviate this pain. As Mac users we expect be able to turn to our Macs and find applications that make tedious or painful tasks especially fast and easy. In the case of PCR the open-source and shareware communities do not disappoint. While several well-known commercial PCR applications exist to aid Mac users, we've done some searching to bring you the best PCR applications the open-source and shareware communities have to offer. If we've overlooked an open-source or shareware application in this area please comment on the story and let us know.

Open-Source and Shareware PCR Applications:

• Amplify 3
• AmplifX
• GeneRider
• BioAssistant
• OligoFaktory
• iRNAi
• GenomoRama
• ApE