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 Package: LDlinkR
 Type: Package
 Title: Calculating Linkage Disequilibrium (LD) in Human Population Groups of Interest
-Version: 1.4.0
+Version: 1.4.0.9000
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Timothy A.",
              family = "Myers",
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+# LDlinkR (development version)
+
 # LDlinkR 1.4.0
 * Added Zenodo DOI badge in version 1.3.0.9000
 * 3/1/2024 - Increased maximum allowed variants in LDmatrix to 2500