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Retraction Note: Origin and cross-species transmission of bat coronaviruses in China - Nature Communications [Dec 19th,2024] [News] (www.nature.com)
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Retraction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17687-3, published online 25 August 2020

i didn't hear it anywhere, so thought it to be news-worthy

[edit] As noted below by Neuromancer49, there's a new published version with corrections. Published: 19 December 2024

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[–] Neuromancer49@midwest.social 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Nope, not significant. The paper was retracted because a few extra sequences were included, but the conclusion remained the same when they redid the analysis.

ETA: Link to the new paper https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17687-3

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

They took some non-Chinese bats, and some duplicate data out of the article, but I’m not clear on if it changed the conclusion.

[–] lettruthout@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

So is this significant?

[–] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 3 points 1 week ago

I dont often read bat virus DNA from China, but I'm glad that if I do, I won't be reading duplicate samples. Thanks, scientists!