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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this software, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+  - family-names: Goulet
+    given-names: Lindsay
+    email: lindsay.goulet@inrae.fr
+    affiliation: INRAE
+  - family-names: Plaza Oñate
+    given-names: Florian
+    email: florian.plaza-onate@inrae.fr
+    affiliation: INRAE
+  - family-names: Prifti
+    given-names: Edi
+    email: edi.prifti@ird.fr
+    affiliation: IRD
+  - family-names: Belda
+    given-names: Eugeni
+    email: eugeni.belda@ird.fr
+    affiliation: IRD
+  - family-names: Le Chatelier
+    given-names: Emmanuelle
+    email: emmanuelle.le-chatelier@inrae.fr
+    affiliation: INRAE
+  - family-names: Gautreau
+    given-names: Guillaume
+    email: guillaume.gautreau@inrae.fr
+    affiliation: INRAE
+title: "CroCoDeEL: CROss-sample COntamination DEtection and Estimation of its Levels"
+version: 1.0.5
+date-released: 2024-06-05
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 For non-related samples, CroCoDeEL may occasionally generate false positives that can be filtered out by a human-expert.\
 Thus, we strongly recommend inspecting scatterplots of each contamination event to discard potential false positives.\
 _We will explain how to do it soon._
-
-## Authors
-* Lindsay Goulet: lindsay.goulet@inrae.fr
-* Florian Plaza Oñate: florian.plaza-onate@inrae.fr
-* Edi Prifti: edi.prifti@ird.fr
-* Eugeni Belda: eugeni.belda@ird.fr
-* Emmanuelle Le Chatelier: emmanuelle.le-chatelier@inrae.fr
-* Guillaume Gautreau: guillaume.gautreau@inrae.fr