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 conda install seaborn h5py
 pip install biom-format
 ```
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+# Examples
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+IPython notebooks demonstrating some of the modules in gneiss can be found as follows
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+* [What are balances](https://github.com/biocore/gneiss/blob/master/ipynb/balance_trees.ipynb)
+* [Linear regression on balances in the 88 soils](https://github.com/biocore/gneiss/blob/master/ipynb/88soils.ipynb)