About the Authors

Mei Hong Tan

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Hong Tan, Donna S. Mackay

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Donna S. Mackay

Contributed equally to this work with: Mei Hong Tan, Donna S. Mackay

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Jill Cowing

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Hoai Viet Tran

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Alexander J. Smith

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Genevieve A. Wright

Affiliation Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Arundhati Dev-Borman

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Robert H. Henderson

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Phillip Moradi

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Isabelle Russell-Eggitt

Affiliation Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom

Robert E. MacLaren

Affiliations Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Anthony G. Robson

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Michael E. Cheetham

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Dorothy A. Thompson

Affiliation Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom

Andrew R. Webster

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Michel Michaelides

tony.moore@ucl.ac.uk (AM); michel.michaelides@ucl.ac.uk (MM)

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Robin R. Ali

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Anthony T. Moore

tony.moore@ucl.ac.uk (AM); michel.michaelides@ucl.ac.uk (MM)

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, London, United Kingdom, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MHT DSM MEC ARW MM RRA ATM. Performed the experiments: MHT DSM JC HVT AJS ADB RHH PM IRE REM AGR DAT ATM. Analyzed the data: MHT DSM AGR MEC DAT MM RRA ATM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC GAW AGR MEC DAT RRA. Wrote the paper: MHT DSM JC HVT AJS GAW ADB RHH PM IRE REM AGR MEC DAT ARW MM RRA ATM.