Correction to: Nature Ecology & Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02338-3, published online 15 February 2024.

The title of this paper has been changed from “Mitochondrial haplotype and mito-nuclear matching drive somatic mutation and selection throughout ageing” in light of the potential impact of low-level contamination on some of the results of this study, which is presented in the Addendum.