About the Authors

Rudi Alberts

Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

Peter Terpstra

Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Yang Li

Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

Rainer Breitling

Affiliation Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands

Jan-Peter Nap

Affiliations Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands, Bioinformatics Expertise Center, Institute for Life Science and Technology, Hanze University Groningen, University for Applied Sciences, Groningen, The Netherlands

Ritsert C. Jansen

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: r.c.jansen@rug.nl

Affiliations Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands, Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: RJ. Wrote the paper: RJ RB RA JN. Other: Initiated and supervised the study: RCJ. Conceived the study of individual probes: RCJ. Interpreted the data: RCJ RA JPN. Developed the elimination method: RCJ RA. Analyzed all probe level data: RA. Performed sequencing of human samples: PT. Analyzed the C. elegans data: YL. Calculated SNP frequency in probe sets: RB.