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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this repository, please cite it as below."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Zhang"
+  given-names: "Guoyi"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0000-0000-0000"
+- family-names: "Hu"
+  given-names: "Yujin"
+- family-names: "Drobot"
+  given-names: "Viktor"
+- family-names: "Staal"
+  given-names: "Jens"
+- family-names: "Yi"
+  given-names: "Yun"
+title: "BioArchLinux: bioinformatics community with Arch Linux"
+version: 2.0.4
+doi: 10.7490/F1000RESEARCH.1119039.1
+publisher: F1000 Research
+volume: 11
+pages: 809
+url: "https://github.com/BioArchLinux/Packages"