BibTeX, biblatex and biber ⇒ extract cited references for inclusion in a tex file

[jossojjos]

Dear community,

I'm going to submit a paper I wrote using latex, so I'd like to include the references in the tex file (i.e. not using separate .bbl files). However, upon running bibtex on the pdflatex'ed tex file, it puts all references from my "master" .bib file in the .bbl file (without citing them in the pdf that is produced subsequently). I remember that I managed once to select only the cited entries and put them in the .tex file.
Could someone help to refresh my memory and tell me how this should be done ?

Thanks a lot in advance,
Jos

[kaiserkarl13]

The only reason you would be getting references in the bibliography (.bbl) file that are not cited is if you have \nocite{*} somewhere. Get rid of that, and the .bbl file should contain only the references you cite.

[jossojjos]

No, that's not the case, there is no "nocite" command anywhere.
By the way, all references (including uncited ones) go into the bbl files, while the pdf only showes the cited ones.

Maybe it has got something to do with the fact that I use a sectioned bibliography ?

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\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage[dot]{bibtopic}

\begin{btUnit}

(...)

\bibliographystyle{genetics}
\begin{btSect}{/home/jos/Bib/jos}
\btPrintCited
\end{btSect}
\end{btUnit} 

\clearpage{}

\begin{btUnit}

etc...

I use two sections ; both *bbl files are identical, containing all references in my master *bib file.