Correction to: BMC Biol (2020) 18:37

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-0756-z

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the affiliations of Serghei Mangul: the second affiliation (number 8) needs to be removed. The corrected affiliation information for Serghei Mangul can be found in the affiliation list of this Correction article.