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Letter: For the record

Published 29 February 2012

• In the story on how prions drive evolution in yeast (18 February, p 14), the mechanism described involves reading RNA in ribosomes, not DNA as stated in the text and the diagram.

Issue no. 2854 published 3 March 2012

New Scientist issue 2854 cover

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