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 Package: treeio
 Title: Base Classes and Functions for Phylogenetic Tree Input and Output
-Version: 1.28.0
+Version: 1.29.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Guangchuang", "Yu",     email = "guangchuangyu@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-6485-8781")),
     person("Tommy Tsan-Yuk", "Lam", email = "tylam.tommy@gmail.com",   role = c("ctb", "ths")),