About the Authors
- Yi-Ju Li
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Ju Li, Mollie A. Minear
* E-mail: yiju.li@duke.edu
Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Mollie A. Minear
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Contributed equally to this work with: Yi-Ju Li, Mollie A. Minear
Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jacqueline Rimmler
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Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Bei Zhao
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Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Elmer Balajonda
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Affiliation Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Michael A. Hauser
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Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- R. Rand Allingham
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Affiliation Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Allen O. Eghrari
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Affiliation Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- S. Amer Riazuddin
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Affiliation Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Nicholas Katsanis
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Affiliation Center for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- John D. Gottsch
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Affiliation Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Simon G. Gregory
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Affiliation Center for Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Gordon K. Klintworth
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Affiliations Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Natalie A. Afshari
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Affiliation Duke University Eye Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: Y-JL MAM SGG GKK NAA. Performed the experiments: MAM. Analyzed the data: Y-JL JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BZ EB MAH RRA AOE SAR NK JDG. Wrote the paper: Y-JL MAM SGG. Collection and organization of samples and data: BZ EB AOE SAR. Clinical examinations and collection of samples: RRA JDG NAA. Provided control samples for association study: MAH RRA. Provided samples for linkage study: AOE SAR NK JDG. Revised intellectual content of manuscript: JR BZ EB MAH RRA AOE SAR NK JDG GKK NAA.