diff --git a/scripts/sampletranscript.py b/scripts/poisson_sampling.py
similarity index 88%
rename from scripts/sampletranscript.py
rename to scripts/poisson_sampling.py
index 1a36491b424d77e2b95c36becb17d8f5e4d22f45..5ca481ee62dfb2217ed407e0ded60f417634e942 100644
--- a/scripts/sampletranscript.py
+++ b/scripts/poisson_sampling.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def transcript_sampling(total_transcript, transcripts):
     #read file containing representative transcript levels and id
 
     transcript = pd.read_csv(transcripts)
-    transcript = transcripts
     levels = []
 
     #poisson sampling for each gene, proportional to expression levels
@@ -36,7 +35,3 @@ def transcript_sampling(total_transcript, transcripts):
     pd.DataFrame.to_csv(transcript_numbers, "representative_transcript_numbers.csv")
 
 
-'''
-This function writes keeps the representative transcripts from the original input file (gtf)
-and writes them to an output.
-'''
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