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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: splatter
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
 Version: 1.9.10
-Date: 2019-10-18
+Date: 2019-10-20
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Luke", "Zappia", role = c("aut", "cre"),
       email = "luke@lazappi.id.au",
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # DEVELOPMENT VERSION
 
+## Version 1.9.10 (2019-10-20)
+
+* Update scater QC function names
+
 ## Version 1.9.9 (2019-10-16)
 
 * Add missing documentation for sce argument in getCounts
@@ -8,8 +12,8 @@
 ## Version 1.9.8 (2019-10-11)
 
 * Add Kersplat simulation! Still experimental but is useable.
-* Check for counts assay when estimating from SingleCellExperiment objects
-  (Fixes #82)
+`* Check for counts assay when estimating from SingleCellExperiment objects
+`  (Fixes #82)
 * Fix where simpleSimulate stores parameters (Fixes #72)
 
 ### Version 1.9.7.9019 (2019-10-11)