View ABI chromatogram plots with python I would like to view the chromatogram traces from a few ABI (.ab1) files. I would prefer to use python for this, or a function with python bindings, or at least some open source package such as EMBOSS. If after viewing a plot I could also extract the plotted data in the form of an array, that would be a huge plus. I have tried the relevant Biopython parser, but it only returns a list of nucleotides (not th actual chromatogram). I have also tried abiview, but I get plots such as this, which makes absolutely no sense: !enter image description here Could you help me out?

The Biopython 1.65 ABI parser should expose the chromatogram data, as of Biopython 1.66 it should expose everything.

UPDATE: Example using this for plotting here: <