diff --git a/recipes/pyvcf/LICENSE b/recipes/pyvcf/LICENSE
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diff --git a/recipes/pyvcf/meta.yaml b/recipes/pyvcf/meta.yaml
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+{% set name = "PyVCF" %}
+{% set version = "0.6.8" %}
+
+package:
+  name: {{ name|lower }}
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  url: https://pypi.io/packages/source/{{ name[0] }}/{{ name }}/{{ name }}-{{ version }}.tar.gz
+  sha256: e9d872513d179d229ab61da47a33f42726e9613784d1cb2bac3f8e2642f6f9d9
+
+build:
+  # do not use noarch: setup.py use_2to3=true
+  number: 0
+  script: python -m pip install --no-deps --ignore-installed .
+
+requirements:
+  host:
+    - python
+    - pip
+  run:
+    - python
+
+test:
+  imports:
+    - vcf
+
+about:
+  home: https://github.com/jamescasbon/PyVCF
+  license: BSD-3-Clause
+  license_family: BSD
+  license_file: LICENSE
+  summary: 'A Variant Call Format (VCF) v4.0 and v4.1 parser for Python.'
+
+  description: |
+    The intent of this module is to mimic the csv module in 
+    the Python stdlib, as opposed to more flexible serialization 
+    formats like JSON or YAML. vcf will attempt to parse the 
+    content of each record based on the data types specified in 
+    the meta-information lines -- specifically the \##INFO and \##FORMAT 
+    lines. If these lines are missing or incomplete, it will check 
+    against the reserved types mentioned in the spec. Failing 
+    that, it will just return strings.
+  doc_url: http://pyvcf.readthedocs.io
+  dev_url: https://github.com/jamescasbon/PyVCF
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - acaprez
+    - bgruening
+    - corburn
+    - kyleabeauchamp
+    - pvanheus
+    - PertuyF
+    - sodre