About the Authors

Diana L. Kolbe

Affiliation DIR/GTB Genomic Functional Analysis Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Julie A. DeLoia

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America

Patricia Porter-Gill

Affiliation DIR/GTB Molecular Pathogenesis Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mary Strange

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hanna M. Petrykowska

Affiliation DIR/GTB Genomic Functional Analysis Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alfred Guirguis

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Thomas C. Krivak

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lawrence C. Brody

Affiliation DIR/GTB Molecular Pathogenesis Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Laura Elnitski

elnitski@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation DIR/GTB Genomic Functional Analysis Section, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Prepared the samples: PPG AG MS HMP. Provided biological consultation and manuscript revision: JAD LCB TCK. Conceived and designed the experiments: JAD LCB LE DLK. Performed the experiments: DLK. Analyzed the data: JAD TCK LCB LE DLK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPG AG MS. Wrote the paper: DLK LE.