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 # Prerequisites
 
 - Miniconda 3
-- Snakemake (compatible with release 5.5.4)
+- Snakemake
 - shiver 1.5.8 (and associated prerequisites) *
 
 The pipeline has been tested on a Linux environment using an SGE cluster.