About the Authors

David J. McBride

Current address: Illumina Cambridge Ltd., Chesterford Research Park, Saffron Walden, Essex, United Kingdom

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Adam Buckle

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Veronica van Heyningen

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Dirk A. Kleinjan

D.Kleinjan@hgu.mrc.ac.uk

Affiliation Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJM VvH DAK. Performed the experiments: DJM AB DAK. Analyzed the data: DJM AB DAK. Wrote the paper: DAK.