About the Authors

Chao Tian

Affiliation Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Roman Kosoy

Affiliation Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Annette Lee

Affiliation The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Michael Ransom

Affiliation Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

John W. Belmont

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Peter K. Gregersen

Affiliation The Robert S. Boas Center for Genomics and Human Genetics, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, New York, United States of America

Michael F. Seldin

mfseldin@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Rowe Program in Human Genetics, Departments of Biochemistry and Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFS. Performed the experiments: CT AL PG MFS. Analyzed the data: CT RK MFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CT AL MR JWB PG MFS. Wrote the paper: CT RK JWB PG MFS.