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 During installation, `meryl` and `meryl-utility` are cloned as submodules, and `meryl`, `merfin` will be installed under `merfin/build/bin/`.
 
+* Recommended: [GenomeScope 2.0](https://github.com/tbenavi1/genomescope2.0) for polishing and assembly evaluation
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 ## Running Merfin
 
 Merfin can be used to:
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 * Brian Walenz
 * Sergey Koren
 * Adam Phillippy
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+With special thanks for their support to integrate `--fitted_hist` option in GenomeScope 2.0:
+* Rhyker Ranallo-Benavidez
+* Michael Schatz