About the Authors
- Michèle M. Sale
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* E-mail: msale@virginia.edu
Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Wei-Min Chen
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Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Daniel E. Weeks
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Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Josyf C. Mychaleckyj
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Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Xuanlin Hou
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Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Miranda Marion
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Fernando Segade
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Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Margaretha L. Casselbrant
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Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Ellen M. Mandel
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Robert E. Ferrell
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Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Stephen S. Rich
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Affiliations Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
- Kathleen A. Daly
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MMS FS SSR KAD. Performed the experiments: MMS REF. Analyzed the data: W-MC XH DEW MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCM XH MLC EMM KAD. Wrote the paper: MMS W-MC DEW SSR KAD.