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-## Read sequencer
+# Read Sequencer
+
+## Overview
+
+Read Sequencer is a test phyton package to simulate Sequencing. 
+It reads fasta files, simulate sequencing and writes the resulting sequences into a new fasta file.
+
+
+## Installation
+
+To install the latest release from GitHub:
+
+```
+if (!requireNamespace("remotes", quietly = TRUE))
+    install.packages("remotes")
+remotes::install_github(".../Read_Sequencer")
+
+```
+
+## Contributors and Contact Information
+
+Christop Hamel - christoph.harmel@unibas.ch
+Michael Sandholzer - michael.sandholzer@unibas.ch
+Clara Serger - c.serger@unibas.ch
+