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Observation of two separate bipolar spindles in the human zygote

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  • 31 July 2019

    The original article unfortunately contained a mistake. The 3rd author’s name should be Cuilian Zhang. In addition, the 4th affiliation should be updated to “Reproductive Medicine Center, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital; People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University; Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, School of Clinical Medicine, Henan University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China”.

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We thank Alyssa Meng (University of California At Santa Barbara) for editing of the manuscript.

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  1. Beijing Perfect Family Hospital, Xicheng District, Beijing, China

    Xiaoming Xu

  2. Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA

    Linheng Li

  3. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas City, Kansas, MO, USA

    Linheng Li

  4. Reproductive Medicine Center, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

    Chuilian Zhang & Li Meng

  5. LA IVF Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Li Meng

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Xu, X., Li, L., Zhang, C. et al. Observation of two separate bipolar spindles in the human zygote. J Assist Reprod Genet 36, 601–602 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-019-01440-x

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