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 Type: Package
 Package: pedtools
 Title: Creating and Working with Pedigrees and Marker Data
-Version: 2.7.0.9000
+Version: 2.7.1
 Authors@R: 
     person("Magnus Dehli", "Vigeland", , "m.d.vigeland@medisin.uio.no", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-9134-4962"))
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+# pedtools 2.7.1
+
+## New features
+
+* New function `swapGenotypes()` for swapping the genotypes of two individuals.
+
+* New plot argument `line.main` for title placement.
+
+* `cousinPed()` and `halfCousinPed()` gain argument `symmetric`, which if TRUE gives a symmetric shape when plotted (female line on the left side; male line of the right).
+
+
 # pedtools 2.7.0
 
 ## New features