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+**Please cite:**  [![doi](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=doi&message=10.1093/bioinformatics/btad692&color=blue)](https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btad692)
         
 EPIK is a program for rapid alignment-free phylogenetic placement, the successor of [RAPPAS](https://github.com/phylo42/RAPPAS).