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@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Eaton DAR & Overcast I. "ipyrad: Interactive assembly and analysis of RADseq dat
 
 Contributors
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-+ `Deren Eaton <deren.eaton@yale.edu>`_.  
-+ `Isaac Overcast <isaac.overcast@gmail.com>`_.  
++ `Deren Eaton <deren.eaton@yale.edu>`_  
++ `Isaac Overcast <isaac.overcast@gmail.com>`_