Contains DNA sequence information recorded by a DNA analysis instrument; also known as a electropherogram file or DNA trace file; can be be viewed graphically by a ABI file viewer to analyze and compare DNA sequences.
Program(s) that open abi files
Mac: Applied Biosystems EditView or 3100 Conversion Utility; Geospiza FinchTV; Sequencher; 4Peaks Windows: BioEdit; Applied Biosystems Sequencing Analysis Software; Nucleics QualTrace; Geospiza FinchTV; CubicDesign DNA Baser; Technelysium Chromas Lite or ChromasPro
Unix: EMBOSS abiview; Nucleics QualTrace
Information from FileInfo.com - The File Extensions Resource.
http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/abi
