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Nature 414, 382 (22 November 2001) | doi:10.1038/35106696

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Genetics paper erased from journal over political content

See associated Correspondence: Risch et al. , Nature 415, 115 (January 2002)

Erica Klarreich

A paper about the genetic origins of Palestinians has found itself at the centre of a political storm. In a highly unusual move, the journal Human Immunology has deleted the paper from its September issue after receiving a wealth of complaints over what some saw as inappropriate political comments about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.