About the Authors

Joseph F. Ryan

Affiliations Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Maureen E. Mazza

Affiliation Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kevin Pang

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Bioscience Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

David Q. Matus

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Bioscience Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Andreas D. Baxevanis

Affiliation Genome Technology Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Mark Q. Martindale

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Bioscience Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

John R. Finnerty

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jrf3@bu.edu

Affiliations Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM JF JR MM. Performed the experiments: JR MM KP DM. Analyzed the data: MM JF JR MM KP DM AB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR MM KP DM. Wrote the paper: MM JF JR AB.