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 Package: splatter
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
-Version: 1.4.1
-Date: 2018-06-12
+Version: 1.4.2
+Date: 2018-08-16
 Author: Luke Zappia
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Luke", "Zappia", role = c("aut", "cre"),
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+## Version 1.4.2 (2018-08-16)
+
+* Add missing regression argument to BASiCSEstimate
+* Add new BASiCS tests
+
 ## Version 1.4.1 (2018-06-12)
 
 * Fix normality testing error in splatEstLib