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 Package: splatter
 Type: Package
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
-Version: 1.28.0
+Version: 1.29.0
 Date: 2024-05-01
 Authors@R:
     c(person("Luke", "Zappia", role = c("aut", "cre"),
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+# DEVELOPMENT VERSION
+
+## Version 1.27.0 (2024-05-01)
+
+Bioconductor 3.20 devel
+
 # Version 1.28.0 (2024-05-01)
 
 Bioconductor 3.19 release