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 Package: splatter
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
-Version: 1.9.8
-Date: 2019-10-11
+Version: 1.9.9
+Date: 2019-10-16
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Luke", "Zappia", role = c("aut", "cre"),
       email = "luke@lazappi.id.au",
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 # DEVELOPMENT VERSION
 
-## Version 1.9.8 (2019-10-16)
+## Version 1.9.9 (2019-10-16)
 
 * Add missing documentation for sce argument in getCounts
 * Update maintainer email address