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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: >-
+  PEGS: An efficient tool for gene set enrichment within
+  defined sets of genomic intervals
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the
+  metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - given-names: Peter
+    family-names: Briggs
+  - given-names: A. Louise
+    family-names: Hunter
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-4852'
+  - given-names: Shen-hsi
+    family-names: Yang
+  - given-names: Andrew D.
+    family-names: Sharrocks
+  - given-names: Mudassar
+    family-names: Iqbal
+    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5006-4331'
+identifiers:
+  - type: doi
+    value: 10.5281/zenodo.1234
+repository-code: 'https://github.com/fls-bioinformatics-core/pegs'
+abstract: >-
+  PEGS (Peak-set Enrichment of Gene-Sets) is a Python
+  bioinformatics utility for calculating enrichments of gene
+  clusters at different genomic distances from peaks.
+keywords:
+  - bioinformatics
+license: BSD-3-Clause