About the Authors

Feifei Xiao

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jianzhong Ma

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Christopher I. Amos

Christopher.I.Amos@Dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FX. Performed the experiments: FX. Analyzed the data: FX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CIA. Wrote the paper: FX. Supervised study design: CIA. Developed methodology: CIA. Helped write the paper: CIA. Participated in the design of the algorithm: JM. Provided technical support: JM. Provided critical comments and suggestions: JM.