Abstract
Hughes et al. (1) claim we made unauthorized use of their unpublished data in our publications on the bovine Y chromosome (BTAY) 2–5). These accusations are troubling in their intent and unfounded. First, we carefully followed the international standards, including the Fort Lauderdale (www.genome.gov/pages/research/wellcomereport0303.pdf) and Toronto Agreements (www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7261/full/461168a.html) for public sharing of biological datasets. In all cases, proper acknowledgments were made in our publications whenever publically available data were used. Second, we have studied BTAY for >15 years with financial support from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). In 2007, we initiated a direct testis cDNA selection approach to study the transcriptome of BTAY using a … [↵][1]1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: wul12{at}psu.edu. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1
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