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Retraction Note: Hypothesis for heritable, anti-viral immunity in crustaceans and insects

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Correction to Flegel, TW: Hypothesis for heritable, anti-viral immunity in crustaceans and insects. Biology Direct 2009, 4:32.

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The published version of this article [1] omits the references from the Reviewer's Comments section (citations 41 to 47). The missing references appear here in their respective order [2–8].

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  1. Center of Excellence for Shrimp Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (Centex Shrimp, Thailand

    Timothy W Flegel

  2. Dept. of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

    Timothy W Flegel

  3. National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

    Timothy W Flegel

  4. National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Klong Luang, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand

    Timothy W Flegel

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Flegel, T.W. Retraction Note: Hypothesis for heritable, anti-viral immunity in crustaceans and insects. Biol Direct 4, 36 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-4-36

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