About the Authors

Carl J. Yeoman

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Suleyman Yildirim

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Susan M. Thomas

Affiliation Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

A. Scott Durkin

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Manolito Torralba

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Granger Sutton

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Christian J. Buhay

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yan Ding

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Shannon P. Dugan-Rocha

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Donna M. Muzny

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xiang Qin

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Richard A. Gibbs

Affiliation Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven R. Leigh

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Rebecca Stumpf

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Bryan A. White

Affiliations Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Sarah K. Highlander

Affiliations Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Karen E. Nelson

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Brenda A. Wilson

bawilson@life.illinois.edu

Affiliations Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJY RAG BAW SKH KEN BAW. Performed the experiments: CJY SY SMT ASD MT GS CB YD SDR DM XQ RAG BAW. Analyzed the data: CJY ASD MT GS CB YD SDR DM XQ BAW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJY SY SMT SRL RS BAW SKH KEN. Wrote the paper: CJY SY SMT ASD SRL RS BAW SKH KEN BAW.