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 Package: TreeDist
 Type: Package
 Title: Calculate and Map Distances Between Phylogenetic Trees
-Version: 2.7.1.9004
+Version: 2.8.0
 Authors@R: c(person("Martin R.", "Smith",
                     email = "martin.smith@durham.ac.uk", 
                     role = c("aut", "cre", "cph", "prg"), 
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-# TreeDist 2.7.1.9004 (2024-07-25)
+# TreeDist 2.8.0 (2024-07-25)
 
 - `Islands()` allows the identification of islands of trees.