Correction of database SNP accession numbers misassigned to SNPs of the 8K IRSC apple SNP array

Accurate SNP locus identifiers are essential for the correct matching and aggregation of multiple historical datasets. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) issued unique “submitted SNP identification” numbers (ssIDs) for every published SNP submitted to its database. Discrepant ssID information was discovered for 78 SNPs for the 8K IRSC apple SNP array while attempting to collate multiple historical datasets, and a review of the archived SNP database from the NCBI led to their correction and a collation of SNP markers with no duplicate ssIDs. As the incorrect ssIDs were subsequently republished and uploaded to the Genome Database for Rosaceae, the aim of this short communication is to report the correct NCBI ssIDs for these 78 SNPs to correctly aggregate historical SNP data, prevent perpetuation of the misassigned ssIDs in further publications, and provide a citation for correcting the misassigned ssIDs in the Genome Database for Rosaceae (because the NCBI no longer supports storage of non-human SNP data).