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 See [this page](https://remotes.r-lib.org/reference/install_git.html) for more
 information on this command.
 
+## Publication
+
+This method and its implementation have been peer-reviewed and published in
+NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics. If you use the package in your research or
+would like to refer to our methodology, please cite the following paper:
+
+Elias F Projahn, Georg Fuellen, Michael Walter, Steffen Möller, Proposing
+candidate genes under telomeric control based on cross-species position data,
+NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2024, lqae037,
+https://doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqae037
+
 ## Graphical interface
 
 Please also take a look at the interactive graphical web interface for geposan
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+bibentry(
+  bibtype = "Article",
+  title = "Proposing candidate genes under telomeric control based on cross-species position data",
+  author = "Elias F Projahn, Georg Fuellen, Michael Walter, Steffen Möller",
+  journal = "NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics",
+  year = 2024,
+  volume = 6,
+  number = 2,
+  pages = "lqae037",
+  doi = "10.1093/nargab/lqae037"
+)