Best Bioinformatic And Molecular Biology Software Package

Question

[Nicolas Rosewick]

Hi,

In my lab, we want a software package to facilitate the link between bioinformatic and molecular biology. So a soft which permits to view and edit sequences, the annotation, restriction sites, primer design, alignment, ... So a program that covers a lot of the work of molecular biologists.

There are some software available, but I don't know them well :

• Geneious
• Gene Designer
• UGene
• GBench
• ...

Thanks a lot,

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[Nicolas Rosewick]

for information, It has to be cross platform (windows,linux and mac)

Answer 1

[Graslevy]

I have used CLC genomics workbench and it is perfect for almost any bioinformatics task. There are also numerous add-in options to increase fuctionality. This will be my pick over Geneious.

[Fabian Bull]

Same experience here.

Answer 2

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

People in my lab use: ApE http://biologylabs.utah.edu/jorgensen/wayned/ape/

At the end of the 90th (...) I was using the venerable but powerful DNA Strider.

(image src: http://people.musc.edu/~hazards/WebBioInformatics/Nucleic_Acid_Analysis_Resources.htm )

Answer 3

[5heikki]

Geneious is probably a good choice for people who aren't that good with computers. More generally, I don't think there's a single package that does the job best, rather there are best specific tools for each task.

Answer 4

[jackuser1979]

Geneious or CLC workbench will be a good choice.

Answer 5

[sara.barbosa.salazar]

ANy one can explain me the difference between quality-base variant caller or probablistic?

[SES]

This is a really old thread and this question is unrelated. Please post this as a new post (as type: question). Thanks.