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A high multiplicity PCR will outperform other technologies because of its lower cost, reaction time and sample consumption. To conduct a multiplex PCR with higher than 100 plex multiplicity, primers need to be carefully designed to avoid the formation of secondary structures and nonspecific amplification between primers, templates and products. Thus, a user-friendly, highly automated and highly user-defined web-based multiplex PCR primer design software is needed to minimize the work of primer design and experimental verification.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Ultiplex was developed as a free online multiplex primer design tool with a user-friendly web-based interface (<jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/ultiplex.igenebook.cn\">http:\/\/ultiplex.igenebook.cn<\/jats:ext-link>). To evaluate the performance of Ultiplex, 294 out of 295 (99.7%) target primers were successfully designed. A total of 275 targets produced qualified primers after primer filtration, and 271 of those targets were successfully clustered into one compatible PCR group and could be covered by 108 primers. The designed primer group stably detected the rs28934573(C\u2009&gt;\u2009T) mutation at lower than a 0.25% mutation rate in a series of samples with different ratios of HCT-15 and HaCaT cell line DNA.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Ultiplex is a web-based multiplex PCR primer tool that has several functions, including batch design and compatibility checking for the exclusion of mutual secondary structures and mutual false alignments across the whole genome. It offers flexible arguments for users to define their own references, primer Tm values, product lengths, plex numbers and tag oligos. 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