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 ## What can this package do?
 
 `scbs` takes as input a number of single-cell methylation files and allows you to quickly and easily obtain a cell × region matrix for downstream analysis.
-It also facilitates quality control, allows you to discover variably-methylated regions (VMRs), accurately quantifies methylation in genomic intervals, and stores your sc-methylomes in an efficient manner.
+It also facilitates quality control, allows you to discover variably methylated regions (VMRs), accurately quantifies methylation in genomic intervals, and stores your sc-methylomes in an efficient manner.
 
 ![schematic showing the capabilities of scbs](docs/Fig_workflow.png)