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 Type: Package
 Package: seuratTools
 Title: Tools for Managing Seurat Objects
-Version: 0.6.0
+Version: 0.6.1
 Date: 2024-01-18
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kevin", "Stachelek", , "kevin.stachelek@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2085-695X")),
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+# 2024-06-05 minor version 0.6.1 increment to trigger github pages
 # 2023-07-27: Updating seuratTools with more detailed function documentation
 # 2023-06-22: renamed package from seuratTools to seuratTools