Overview
What is 4Peaks?
4Peaks is a program that helps molecular biologists to visualize and edit their DNA sequence files.
In depth
A closer look at 4Peaks
At last there is a decent solution for analyzing trace files on the Mac OS X platform, taking another step away from slow and non-native programs from the Mac OS 9 period.
Also, 4Peaks supports most commonly used sequence file formats right out of the box, you no longer have to convert them first using AppleScripts or other painstaking methods.
Key features:Reading and writing of most common trace file formats, including ABI, SCF, CTR, ALF and ZTR.Direct access to both sequence and translation.Ability to edit and correct the sequence.
Keep interesting parts only, or export your data as text or FASTA files.Quickly search for a sequence or translation, navigate through your file by selecting pieces of either sequence or translation.And much much more...
Verdict
Should you download 4Peaks?
4Peaks runs on
Mac OS X 10.2.6
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 2.2 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
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At a glance
4Peaks specifications
- Publisher
-
Mekentosj
- Last updated
- Apr 16, 2026
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Mac OS X 10.2.6
- File size
- 2.2 MB
- Price
- Free
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- 588
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