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 # SDSS DR12 data
 
-This repo contains (part of) the BAO data of SDSS DR12 ([arXiv:1607.03155](https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.03155))).
+This repo contains (part of) the BAO data of SDSS DR12 ([arXiv:1607.03155](https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.03155)).
 
 This files were originally distributed with [CosmoMC](https://github.com/cmbant/CosmoMC).