Retracted: MtDNA polymorphism analyses in the Chinese Mongolian group: Efficiency evaluation and further matrilineal genetic structure exploration

TL;DR

This retracted paper aimed to analyze mitochondrial DNA in the Chinese Mongolian group to explore genetic structure and efficiency of polymorphism analyses.

Contribution

The study presented a matrilineal genetic structure analysis of the Chinese Mongolian group using mtDNA polymorphism data.

Findings

The research raised concerns about consent and ethical approval documentation.

Inconsistencies were found between the provided documentation and the research performed.

The associated data was withdrawn due to privacy concerns.

Abstract

Qiong Lan, Tong Xie, Xiaoye Jin, Yating Fang, Shuyan Mei, Guang Yang, Bofeng Zhu. MtDNA polymorphism analyses in the Chinese Mongolian group: Efficiency evaluation and further matrilineal genetic structure exploration. Molec Genet Genom Med 7:e934, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.934).

The above article, published online on 3 September 2019 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Suzanne Hart, and Wiley Periodicals LLC.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 The associated data for this article has been withdrawn from the publication record following a concern that the data could be used to identify those who have participated in the research. Qiong Lan, Xiaoye Jin, and Bofeng Zhu responded on behalf of all the authors, who disagree with the retraction.