Ken Arnold's review of The Anatomist by Bill Hayes (Nature 451, 247; 2008) incorrectly said that the mother's blood enters the fetal heart through a hole. In fact, this hole lets blood move from the right to the left atrium in utero and is sealed after birth.
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Correction. Nature 452, 156 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452156b
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