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Author Correction: Ancient DNA of Guinea Pigs (Cavia spp.) Indicates a Probable New Center of Domestication and Pathways of Global Distribution

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Author Correction: Ancient
DNA of Guinea Pigs (Cavia spp.)
Indicates a Probable New Center
of Domestication and Pathways
of Global Distribution
E. Lord, C. Collins, S. deFrance, M. J. LeFebvre, F. Pigière, P. Eeckhout, C. Erauw,
S. M. Fitzpatrick, P. F. Healy, M. F. Martínez-Polanco, J. L. Garcia, E. Ramos Roca,
M. Delgado, A. Sánchez Urriago, G. A. Peña Léon, J. M. Toyne, A. Dahlstedt, K. M. Moore,
C. Laguer Diaz, C. Zori & E. Matisoo-Smith
Correction to: Scientic Reports https ://doi.org/10.1038/s4159 8-020-65784 -6, published online 01 June 2020
is Article contains errors. e Acknowledgements section in this Article is incomplete.
“We would like to thank Matthew Smith for providing the Green Castle, Jamaica specimen; Kitty Emery and
the Environmental Archaeology Program Laboratory at the Florida Museum of Natural History for facilitating
access to guinea pig specimens from Finca Valencia, Puerto Rico (Catalog #0547); William Keegan and Corinne
Hofman for analysis of specimens from Giraudy, Saint Lucia; Daniel S. Sandweiss for permission to analyze the
Lo Demás specimens housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History and site information; Ana Maria Boada
for providing samples from El Venado, Colombia; and Martha Zierden (on behalf of Charleston Museum) and
Elizabeth Reitz for providing the Charleston sample, site information and comments on the manuscript. Kuelap
samples were selected and exported legally according to the Ministry of Culture of Peru Resolución Viceministe-
rial no. 095-2015-VMPCIC-MC (August 2015). We thank Susan Duser for assistance in creating Figs.1A and
2. We acknowledge Peter Stahl for his review of the manuscript prior to publication. Funding for this research
was provided to EM-S by the Department of Anatomy, University of Otago. Open access funding provided by
Stockholm University.
should read:
“We would like to thank Matthew Smith for providing the Green Castle, Jamaica specimen; Kitty Emery and
the Environmental Archaeology Program Laboratory at the Florida Museum of Natural History for facilitating
access to guinea pig specimens from Finca Valencia, Puerto Rico (Catalog #0547); William Keegan and Corinne
Hofman for analysis of specimens from Giraudy, Saint Lucia; Daniel S. Sandweiss for permission to analyze the
Lo Demás specimens housed at the Florida Museum of Natural History and site information; Ana Maria Boada
for providing samples from El Venado, Colombia; and Martha Zierden (on behalf of Charleston Museum) and
Elizabeth Reitz for providing the Charleston sample, site information and comments on the manuscript. Kuelap
samples were selected and exported legally according to the Ministry of Culture of Peru Resolución Viceministe-
rial no. 095-2015-VMPCIC-MC (August 2015). We thank Susan Duser for assistance in creating Figs.1A and
2. We acknowledge Peter Stahl for his review of the manuscript prior to publication. Funding for this research
was provided to EM-S by the Department of Anatomy, University of Otago. Open access funding provided by
Stockholm University. We would like to thank Marceline Denis and Cécile Ansieau (on behalf of the Walloon
Heritage Agency) for providing the specimen from Mons, Belgium.
Additionally, there are typographical errors. In the legend of Figure2,
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“e routes depicted are purely hypothetical; people may have translocating guinea pigs using routes other than
those depicted.
should read:
“e routes depicted are purely hypothetical; people may have translocated guinea pigs using routes other than
those depicted.
In the Author Contributions section,
“E.L., E.M.-S., S.d.F., M.J.L. conceived the study. E.L. carried out the laboratory work and analyses with assistance
from C.C., S.dF., M.J.L., F.P., P.E., C.E., S.M.F., P.F.H., M.F.M.-P., J.L.G., E.R.R., M.D., A.S.U., G.A.P.L., J.M.T.,
A.D., K.M.M., C.LD., and C.Z. provided samples.
should read:
“E.L., E.M.-S., S.d.F., M.J.L. conceived the study. E.L. carried out the laboratory work and analyses with assistance
from C.C.. S.dF., M.J.L., F.P., P.E., C.E., S.M.F., P.F.H., M.F.M.-P., J.L.G., E.R.R., M.D., A.S.U., G.A.P.L., J.M.T.,
A.D., K.M.M., C.LD., and C.Z. provided samples.
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