Retraction: Population genetic data from 23 autosomal STR loci of Huaxia Platinum system in the Jining Han population

TL;DR

This retraction notice explains that a genetics study on the Jining Han population was retracted due to ethical concerns about participant consent.

Contribution

The paper's retraction highlights issues with ethical approval and consent documentation in genetic research.

Findings

Concerns were raised about the ethical approval and consent for the genetic study.

Inconsistencies were found between the consent documentation and the research reported.

The data was withdrawn to protect participant identities.

Abstract

Dang Z., Liu Q., Zhang G., Li S., Wang D., Pang Q., Yang D., Li C., Cui W., Wang Y. (2020). Population genetic data from 23 autosomal STR loci of Huaxia Platinum system in the Jining Han population. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 8(4), e1142. https://doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.1142

The above article, published online on 29 January 2020 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Suzanne Hart, and Wiley Periodicals LLC. Following publication of this article, concerns were raised by a third party regarding consent and ethical approval for the research undertaken and reported in the article. The publisher and representatives of the journal’s editorial board undertook a review of the consent documentation provided, against the research performed and reported in the article. The review uncovered inconsistencies between the consent documentation and the research reported; the documentation was not sufficiently detailed to resolve the concerns raised. As a result, the parties have made the decision to retract the article. In addition, consent documentation did not give approval for data associated with this article to be shared publicly. The associated data for this article has been withdrawn from the publication record following a concern that the data could be used to identify those who have participated in the research. Yequan Wang responded on behalf of all the authors, who disagree with the retraction.