Corrigendum: A novel composite retrotransposon derived from or generated independently of the SVA (SINE/VNTR/Alu) transposon has undergone proliferation in gibbon genomes [Genes Genet. Syst. (2012) 87, p. 181–190]

Abstract

This paper was published in error prior to the publication of the gibbon genome sequence assembly and analysis by the Gibbon Genome Analysis Consortium.
The genome sequence is provided to the public pre-publication to allow research to proceed faster than the genome analysis would allow These sequences are typically covered by the Fort Lauderdale (1) and later Toronto (2) agreements whereby the data users ask permission to use the pre-publication data and cite the appropriate source.
The authors of the paper did not understand these rules correctly, and did not seek permis-sion to use the pre-publication data, which led to the erroneous publication of the paper. The authors apologize to the Gibbon Genome Analysis Consortium for the error, and state here that the paper should be regarded as an invalid publication until the paper describing the gibbon genome sequence assembly and analysis is published by the Consortium.

October 23, 2012
Akihiko Koga, Corresponding author

Citations:
(1) Sharing Data from Large-scale Biological Research Projects: A System of Tripartite Responsibility Report of a meeting organized by the Wellcome Trust and held on 14–15 January 2003 at Fort Lauderdale, USA.
(2) Toronto International Data Release Workshop Authors. (2009) Prepublication data sharing Nature 461, 168–170.