About the Authors

Jeffrey A. Canter

jeff.canter@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lana M. Olson

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kylee Spencer

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Nathalie Schnetz-Boutaud

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Brent Anderson

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Michael A. Hauser

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Silke Schmidt

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Eric A. Postel

Affiliation Duke Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Anita Agarwal

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Margaret A. Pericak-Vance

Affiliation The Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Paul Sternberg Jr.

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jonathan L. Haines

Affiliation Center for Human Genetics Research, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC MH SS AA EP MP PS JH. Performed the experiments: KS NS BA MH AA EP. Analyzed the data: JC LO KS MP JH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC LO KS NS BA MH SS AA EP MP PS JH. Wrote the paper: JC LO.