About the Authors

Yutao Liu

yutao.liu@duke.edu

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Jason Gibson

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Joshua Wheeler

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lydia Coulter Kwee

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Cecile M. Santiago-Turla

Affiliation Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Stephen K. Akafo

Affiliation Unit of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, Ghana

Paul R. Lichter

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Douglas E. Gaasterland

Affiliation Eye Doctors of Washington, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Sayoko E. Moroi

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Pratap Challa

Affiliation Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Leon W. Herndon

Affiliation Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher A. Girkin

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Donald L. Budenz

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Julia E. Richards

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

R. Rand Allingham

Affiliation Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael A. Hauser

Affiliations Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL RRA JER PRL MAH. Performed the experiments: YL JG JW MAH RRA. Analyzed the data: YL RRA LCK CMST JG MAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL JW RRA LCK CMST SKA CAG DLB JER SEM PRL DEG PC LWH MAH. Wrote the paper: YL RRA JG JER PRL CAG DEG DLB SEM PC LWH MAH.