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 Package: phangorn
 Title: Phylogenetic Reconstruction and Analysis
-Version: 2.12.0
+Version: 2.12.1
 Authors@R: 
     c(person("Klaus", "Schliep", role = c("aut", "cre"),
              email = "klaus.schliep@gmail.com",