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+scVAE: Single-cell variational auto-encoders
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+scVAE is a command-line tool for modelling single-cell transcript counts using variational auto-encoders.
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+scVAE was developed by `Christopher Heje Grønbech`_ and `Maximillian Fornitz Vording`_ with Christopher continuing its development. The methods used are described and examined in :ref:`Grønbech et al. (2020) <groenbech2020>`.
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+.. _Christopher Heje Grønbech: https://github.com/chgroenbech
+.. _Maximillian Fornitz Vording: https://github.com/maximillian91
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+Contents
+--------
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 4
+
+   guide
+   license
+   api
+   references