In 2019, GigaScience published the article “Dissection of soybean populations according to selection signatures based on whole-genome sequences,” by Jae-Yoon Kim and colleagues: https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giz151. In January 2020, the editors received credible information about attribution problems with the source of the data in the article. In an attempt to address the concerns raised, the authors flagged some additional, potential issues with the presentation and content of their article. We alert our readers that concerns have been raised about this article, and that a full institutional investigation is in progress.
. 2020 Apr 29;9(5):giaa040. doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giaa040
Expression of concern: Dissection of soybean populations according to selection signatures based on whole-genome sequences
Jae-Yoon Kim
1,2,#, Seongmun Jeong
1,#, Kyoung Hyoun Kim
1,2, Won-Jun Lim
1,2, Ho-Yeon Lee
1,2, Namhee Jeong
3, Jung-Kyung Moon
3, Namshin Kim
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Jae-Yoon Kim
1
Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Department of Bioinformatics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology (UST), Gajeong-ro 217, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Seongmun Jeong
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Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Kyoung Hyoun Kim
1
Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Bioinformatics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology (UST), Gajeong-ro 217, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Won-Jun Lim
1
Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Bioinformatics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology (UST), Gajeong-ro 217, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Ho-Yeon Lee
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Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Bioinformatics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology (UST), Gajeong-ro 217, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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Namhee Jeong
3
National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Nongsaengmyeong-ro 370, Deokjin-gu, Jeon-Ju 54874, Republic of Korea
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Jung-Kyung Moon
3
National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Nongsaengmyeong-ro 370, Deokjin-gu, Jeon-Ju 54874, Republic of Korea
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Namshin Kim
1
Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Bioinformatics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology (UST), Gajeong-ro 217, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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1
Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
2
Department of Bioinformatics, KRIBB School of Bioscience, University of Science and Technology (UST), Gajeong-ro 217, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
3
National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Nongsaengmyeong-ro 370, Deokjin-gu, Jeon-Ju 54874, Republic of Korea
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Correspondence address. Namshin Kim, Genome Editing Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Gwahak-ro 125, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea. Tel/Fax: +82-42-879-8162. E-mail: deepreds@kribb.re.kr
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These authors contributed equally to this research.
Collection date 2020 May.
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PMCID: PMC7189799 PMID: 32347930
This is an expression of concern about the following article: "Dissection of soybean populations according to selection signatures based on whole-genome sequences" in volume 8, giz151.
This article has been retracted. See Gigascience. 2021 May 11;10(5):giab038.
