Primer3 0.4.0 _hot_

brew install primer3

For years, Primer3's most stable version was 1.1.4, which relied on an outdated thermodynamic model (Breslauer et al., 1986) and lacked support for degenerate primers or 3'-end stability constraints. The 2.x series introduced SantaLucia’s unified thermodynamic parameters but was plagued by inconsistent API changes. primer3 0.4.0