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 Isaac Turner's experimental rewrite of cortex_var, to handle larger populations
 with better genome assembly. PhD supervisor: Prof Gil McVean. Collaborators: Zam Iqbal, Kiran Garimella. Based at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford.
 
-*Note: Currently under development.* Expect bugs, fixes and vague documentation until we hit our first release. Feel free to try out McCortex and watch this space for the release.
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