This Publisher's Note relates to the article ‘Eya1 controls cell polarity, spindle orientation, cell fate and Notch signaling in distal embryonic lung epithelium’ by El-Hashash et al. (doi:10.1242/dev.058479).
We have recently been made aware that several of the panels in Fig. 7 of this article may also appear in a paper from some of the same authors published in Developmental Biology (El-Hashash et al., 2011). We have contacted the authors to alert them to this alleged duplication to enable them to conduct further investigation. We are publishing this Note to inform readers of this situation.
This course of action follows the advice set out by COPE (The Committee on Publication Ethics), of which Development is a member.
Reference
- El-Hashash A. H., Al Alam D., Turcatel G., Bellusci S. and Warburton D. (2011). Eyes absent 1 (Eya1) is a critical coordinator of epithelial, mesenchymal and vascular morphogenesis in the mammalian lung. Dev. Biol. 350, 112-126. 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.11.022 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]