About the Authors

Brian Godsey

briangodsey@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Statistics and Probability Theory, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Diane Heiser

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Curt Civin

Affiliations Center for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Greenebaum Cancer Center, Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG DH CC. Analyzed the data: BG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BG CC. Wrote the paper: BG DH.