Retraction to: Mammalian Genome (2021) 32:508–516 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00335-021-09919-8


The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article. After publication, concerns were raised regarding inconsistencies in the EPAS1 western blot background in Fig. 4c. Additionally, the Ethics statement in the article is missing the approval number.

The Editor-in-Chief therefore no longer has confidence in the presented data.

None of the authors have responded to any correspondence from the editor or publisher about this retraction.