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+# Poission Margin Test
+
+This is an implementation of the Poission Margin Test (PMT) for
+normalisation-free significance analysis of NGS data. Unlike other methods that
+have a step to normalise differing library sizes, the PMT incorporates the
+library size as part of the model.
+
+## References
+
+- Adam Kowalczyk, Justin Bedo, Thomas Conway, and Bryan Beresford-Smith. "The poisson margin test for normalization-free significance analysis of NGS data." Journal of Computational Biology 18.3 (2011): 391-400.