Genome-wide primer scan (GPS): a python package for a flexible, reliable and large-scale primer design toolkit

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (SQ2021YFC2300067). We also thank ShanghaiTech University’s high-performance computing platform for their support.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests or financial conflicts to disclose.

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