It’s the most famous example of peer reviewed slop among biologists. Not only did someone include this in a paper submitted for publication, but it wasn’t caught by the peer review process.
It was an illustration in a review article: “Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway” published by frontiers in cell and developmental biology in 2024. Obviously it was later retracted.
It’s the most famous example of peer reviewed slop among biologists. Not only did someone include this in a paper submitted for publication, but it wasn’t caught by the peer review process.
It was an illustration in a review article: “Cellular functions of spermatogonial stem cells in relation to JAK/STAT signaling pathway” published by frontiers in cell and developmental biology in 2024. Obviously it was later retracted.
ooooooh now I remember, yes. yesyes I remember this one. now I get it.