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Troubled plant-biology group faces new inquiry

Team of leading biologist Olivier Voinnet chalks up eighth retraction.

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Butler, D. Troubled plant-biology group faces new inquiry. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20807

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