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@@ -24,3 +24,23 @@ following criteria:
 -   - there must be a number to the left side of the dot (e.g. 0.55555 is allowed but .55555 is not).
 - check line endings to make sure they are Unix and not DOS
 - check strain headers against a source of truth (see strains.csv)
+
+** Development
+
+For reproducibility, this project is developed using guix.
+
+To launch a guix shell for development, do:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC shell
+  guix shell --container --network --manifest=manifest.scm
+#+END_SRC
+
+to get an environment that is isolated from the rest of your system.
+
+*** Tests
+
+Run tests with:
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC shell
+  pytest
+#+END_SRC