\name{Rsubreadnews}
\title{Rsubread News}
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\section{Version 1.34.0}{\itemize{
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New functions: simReads() and scanFasta(). simReads() generates simulation RNA-seq reads for transcripts.

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align() and subjunc() estimate fragment length from mapped read pairs and use the estimated length to assist reporting the best alignment.

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align() and subjunc() prefer alignments with no indels included over indel-containing alignments when same number of matched bases are found.

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align() and subjunc() check if index files were successfully loaded before starting read mapping.

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align() and subjunc() detect indels arising from incorrect shifting of seed sequence when being mapped to low-complexity region and exclude such indels from read re-alignment and indel reporting.

\item
buildindex(), align() and subjunc() support gzipped FASTA format.

\item
featureCounts() allows mapped reads to have ‘*’ as their chromosome name.

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removeDupReads() supports BAM-format input and output.
}}


\section{Version 1.32.0}{\itemize{
\item
New function flattenGTF() that merges overlapping features into a single interval.

\item
New parameter for align() and subjunc(): sortReadsByCoordinates.

\item
New parameters for featureCounts(): readShiftType, readShiftSize and additionalAttributes.

\item
Specify strand protocol for each library individually in featureCounts().

\item
Much improved speed of align() and subjunc().

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align() and subjunc() return mapping statistics.

\item
Default setting of buildindex() is changed to building a one-block full index.
}}

