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Instructors can request a free for a semester when teaching bioinformatics courses. This allows all enrolled students to use the full version temporarily. Geneious Prime License Key Free
If you cannot afford the commercial license (which is roughly $1,500+ per year), you have legitimate options: Violation of end-user license agreements (EULA), which can
Biomatters, the developer of Geneious Prime, provides specific programs for free access: Violation of end-user license agreements (EULA)