About the Authors

Yong-Gang Yao

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: yaoy3@nhlbi.nih.gov

Affiliation Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Hans-Jürgen Bandelt

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Neal S. Young

Affiliation Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB YY NY. Performed the experiments: YY. Analyzed the data: HB YY NY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY. Wrote the paper: HB YY NY.