About the Authors

Nils Homer

Affiliations Department of Computer Science, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Barry Merriman

barrym@ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stanley F. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NH BM SFN. Performed the experiments: NH. Analyzed the data: NH. Wrote the paper: NH BM SFN.