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RETRACTION article

Front. Genet., 19 March 2024
Sec. Evolutionary and Population Genetics
This article is part of the Research Topic Genetic History of Human Populations Along the Ancient Silk Road View all 18 articles

Retraction: The heart of silk road “Xinjiang,” its genetic portray, and forensic parameters inferred from autosomal STRs

A Retraction of the Original Research Article
The heart of silk road “Xinjiang,” its genetic portray, and forensic parameters inferred from autosomal STRs

by Adnan A, Anwar A, Simayijiang H, Farrukh N, Hadi S, Wang C-C and Xuan J-F (2021). Front. Genet. 12:760760. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.760760

Following publication of this article, ethical concerns were brought to the attention of Frontiers. Some concerns were rectified through a Correction [https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.1030952/full], however during subsequent examination of documentation provided by the authors post-publication, additional significant issues with the ethical approval were discovered.

Frontiers engaged with the ethics committee responsible for reviewing and approving the study. The ethics committee was unable to confirm that they had reviewed and approved the study in question.

Due to the remaining ethical concerns and the inability to verify the validity of the ethical approval for this study, we are retracting this publication.

This retraction was approved by the Chief Editor of Frontiers in Genetics and the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers. The authors do not agree to this retraction.

Citation: Frontiers Editorial Office (2024) Retraction: The heart of silk road “Xinjiang,” its genetic portray, and forensic parameters inferred from autosomal STRs. Front. Genet. 15:1399231. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2024.1399231

Received: 11 March 2024; Accepted: 11 March 2024;
Published: 19 March 2024.

Approved by:

Enrico Domenici, University of Trento, Italy

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