Author Correction: Dmrt1 is required for primary male sexual differentiation in Chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis

Correction to: Scientific Reports 10.1038/s41598-017-04938-5, published online 30 June 2017

Some of the data presented in this Article was published by the Authors previously. The Authors neglected to cite this previous paper, which is included below as ref.¹ and should be cited in legend of Figure 6 as below:

“Figure 6. Responses of sex-specific genes to Dmrt1 knockdown or over-expression. (a) qRT-PCR analysis showing the effects of Dmrt1 knockdown or over-expression on the mRNA expression of Amh, Sox9, Cyp19a1 and Foxl2 in embryonic gonads at stage 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27. Data are shown as means  ±  S.D., N  ≥  3. *P  <  0.05; **P  <  0.01; ***P  <  0.001. (b) Double immunofluorescence of Sox9 and γH2AX was performed in sections of control ZZ gonads, ZZ gonads with Dmrt1 knockdown, the control ZW gonads and ZW gonads with Dmrt1 over-expression at stage 27. pre-sc, precursor sertoli cell; gc, germ cells. Scale bars are 50 μm.”

should read:

“Figure 6. Responses of sex-specific genes to Dmrt1 knockdown or over-expression. (a) qRT-PCR analysis showing the effects of Dmrt1 knockdown or over-expression on the mRNA expression of Amh, Sox9, Cyp19a1 and Foxl2 in embryonic gonads at stage 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27. Data are shown as means  ±  S.D., N  ≥  3. *P  <  0.05; **P  <  0.01; ***P  <  0.001. Data for ZZ was published before in ref.¹ as Figure 3C and is reprinted here with permission. (b) Double immunofluorescence of Sox9 and γH2AX was performed in sections of control ZZ gonads, ZZ gonads with Dmrt1 knockdown, the control ZW gonads and ZW gonads with Dmrt1 over-expression at stage 27. pre-sc, precursor sertoli cell; gc, germ cells. Scale bars are 50  μm.