Yuan, Li
Liu, Haibo
Liao, Qinxiang
Xu, Xu
Chen, Wen
Hao, Shicheng
Article History
Received: 12 June 2015
Accepted: 25 September 2015
First Online: 5 October 2015
Change Date: 26 February 2020
Change Type: Clarification
Change Details: ‘Concerns have been raised about the ethics approval and informed consent procedures related to the research reported in this paper. The paper includes the following author declarations: “A total of 290 blood samples from healthy unrelated Uygur volunteers were collected, with informed consent, from Kashgar and Hotan area of SouthernXinjiang [...]. The sample collection, DNA analysis and storage were conducted in accordance with humane and ethical research principles of Key Laboratory of Evidence Science, China University of Political Science and Law”. Editorial action will be taken as appropriate once an investigation of the concerns is complete and all parties have been given an opportunity to respond in full.’