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 ## License
 
 Apache 2.0.
+
+## Citation
+
+```
+@article{allal2026carbon,
+  title={Carbon: Decoding the Language of Life},
+  author={Allal, Loubna Ben and Li, Qiuyi and Fiusco, Maurizio and Tunstall, Lewis and Rasul, Kashif and Beeching, Ed and Aubakirova, Dana and Pati{\~n}o, Carlos and Frere, Thibaud and Lozhkov, Anton and others},
+  journal={bioRxiv},
+  pages={2026--05},
+  year={2026},
+  publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory}
+}
+```