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 [![License](https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/reademption.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/READemption/)
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/foerstner-lab/READemption.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/foerstner-lab/READemption)
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