Plant biologists have issued a major correction (what we dub “mega“) after realizing a significant mistake in their experiment. The 2014 paper shows that a protein known as RAP plays a key role in chloroplast biogenesis. But as Ludwig Maximilians University-based authors Alexandra-Viola Bohne and Laura Kleinknecht continued to do their research, they found an error in the design of primers … Continue reading “We were completely shocked:” Plant biologists issue mega-correction