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Letter: For the record

Published 2 March 2016

The authors of a study on the “backflow” of DNA into Africa from Eurasia have issued a correction (doi.org/bcr6), saying that it affected East Africa and a few sub-Saharan populations, not the entire continent (October 2015, p 19).

We can't blame artificial intelligence for the misnaming of researcher Jeff Clune (20 February, p 22). Sorry.

Issue no. 3063 published 5 March 2016

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