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 Package: splatter
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
-Version: 0.99.6
+Version: 0.99.7
 Date: 2016-12-29
 Author: Luke Zappia
 Authors@R:
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+# 0.99.7
+
+* Small changes to avoid NOTEs and reduce check time
+
 # 0.99.6
 
 * Add installation to vignette