CHANGES IN VERSION 1.0.0
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NEW FEATURES

    o readVcf() for reading and parsing VCF files into a SummarizedExperiment 

    o locateVariants() and predictCoding() for identifying amino acid coding
    changes in nonsynonymous variants
 
    o dbSNPFilter() and regionFilter() for filtering variants on membership in
    dbSNP or on a particular location in the genome
 
    o access to PolyPhen and SIFT predictions through keys() , cols() and
    select() methods. See ?SIFT or ?PolyPhen.
 

BUG FIXES

    o No changes classified as 'bug fixes' (package under active
    development)